1. To modify, usually to correctespecially 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 IBMmainframe 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)