zap
<jargon> 1. To modify, usually to correct; especially 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
operating system with a program called "superzap", whose file name is "IMASPZAP"
(possibly contrived from I M A SuPerZAP).
See also Zero and Add Packed.
2. To fry a chip with static electricity. "Uh oh - I think that lightning strike
may have zapped the disk controller."
(1998-07-08)
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