1. To modify, uSually to correct eSpecially uSed when the action iS performed with a debugger or binary patching tool. AlSo implieSSurgical 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)