| v. t. | 1. | to shoot, destroy, or inactivate; |
| 2. | to bomb with an atomic bomb. | |
| 3. | to cook or heat in a microwave oven. | |
| 4. | to subject to radiation, a laser beam, a strong electric current, or other potentially destructive treatment. | |
| 5. | to skip over ( | |
| 6. | to add interest, color, or attractiveness to; to liven; - usually used with |
| Verb | 1. | zap - strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes" |
| 2. | zap - 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" Synonyms: vaporize | |
| 3. | zap - strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy" | |
| 4. | zap - cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the left-overs" |
| 1. | (language) | ZAP - A language for expressing program
transformations. ["A System for Assisting Program Transformation", M.S. Feather, ACM TOPLAS 4(1):1-20, Jan 1982]. | |
| 2. | ZAP - Zero and Add Packed. | ||
| 3. | (jargon) | zap - 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." |