meaning of zap

1. ZAP 1. A language for expressing program transformations. ["A System for Assisting Program Transformation", M. S. Feather, ACM TOPLAS 41:1-20, Jan 1982]. 2. Zero and Add Packed.
2. 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. 3.">"
3. cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the ">left-overs"

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