From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
zap \zap\ (z[a^]p), v. t.
1. to shoot, destroy, or inactivate; my TV set was zapped by
lightning.
[PJC]
2. to bomb with an atomic bomb.
Syn: nuke, atomize.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. to cook or heat in a microwave oven.
Syn: microwave, micro-cook, nuke.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. to subject to radiation, a laser beam, a strong electric
current, or other potentially destructive treatment.
[PJC]
5. to skip over (e. g. a commercial or dull interval in a
television program) by using the fast-forward button on a
VCR remove control.
[PJC]
6. to add interest, color, or attractiveness to; to liven; --
usually used with up. --[RHUD]
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
zap
n 1: a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually
with a dramatic impact; "they gave it another zap of
radiation"
v 1: strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers
with some shocking scenes"
2: kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric
current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space
travellers are vaporized by aliens" [syn: {zap}, {vaporize}]
3: strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy" [syn:
{nuke}, {atomize}, {atomise}, {zap}]
4: cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the
leftovers" [syn: {microwave}, {micro-cook}, {zap}, {nuke}]
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]:
zap
1. n. Spiciness.
2. vt. To make food spicy.
3. vt. To make someone ?suffer? by making his food spicy. (Most hackers
love spicy food. Hot-and-sour soup is considered wimpy unless it makes you
wipe your nose for the rest of the meal.) See {zapped}.
4. vt. To modify, usually to correct; esp. used when the action is
performed with a debugger or binary patching tool. Also implies surgical
precision. ?Zap the debug level to 6 and run it again.? In the IBM
mainframe world, binary patches are applied to programs or to the OS with a
program called ?superzap?, whose file name is ?IMASPZAP? (possibly
contrived from I M A SuPerZAP).
5. vt. To erase or reset.
6. To {fry} a chip with static electricity. ?Uh oh ? I think that lightning
strike may have zapped the disk controller.?
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]:
ZAP
ZFS Attribute Processor (ZFS)
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