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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Zen 
  n  1:  school  of  Mahayana  Buddhism  asserting  that  enlightenment  can 
  come  through  meditation  and  intuition  rather  than  faith; 
  China  and  Japan  [syn:  {Zen},  {Zen  Buddhism}] 
  2:  doctrine  that  enlightenment  can  be  attained  through  direct 
  intuitive  insight  [syn:  {Zen},  {Zen  Buddhism}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  zen  vt  To  figure  out  something  by  meditation  or  by  a  sudden 
  flash  of  enlightenment.  Originally  applied  to  bugs,  but  occasionally 
  applied  to  problems  of  life  in  general.  "How'd  you  figure  out  the  buffer 
  allocation  problem?"  "Oh,  I  zenned  it."  Contrast  {grok},  which  connotes 
  a  time-extended  version  of  zenning  a  system.  Compare  {hack  mode}. 
  See  also  {guru}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Zen 
 
  [Kehoe,  B.,  "Zen  and  the  Art  of  the  Internet",  February  1992.] 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  zen 
 
    To  figure  out  something  by  meditation  or  by  a  sudden 
  flash  of  enlightenment.  Originally  applied  to  {bugs},  but 
  occasionally  applied  to  problems  of  life  in  general.  "How'd 
  you  figure  out  the  buffer  allocation  problem?"  "Oh,  I  zenned 
  it." 
 
  Contrast  {grok},  which  connotes  a  time-extended  version  of 
  zenning  a  system.  Compare  {hack  mode}.  See  also  {guru}. 
 
  (1996-09-17)




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