Nuke

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nuke
       n : the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
           [syn: {atomic warhead}, {nuclear warhead}, {thermonuclear
           warhead}]
       v 1: strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy" [syn: {atomize},
             {atomise}, {zap}]


       2: bomb with atomic weapons [syn: {atom-bomb}]
       3: cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the
          left-overs" [syn: {microwave}, {micro-cook}, {zap}]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  nuke /n[y]ook/ vt. [common] 1. To intentionally delete the entire
     contents of a given directory or storage volume. "On Unix, `rm -r /usr'
     will nuke everything in the usr filesystem." Never used for accidental
     deletion; contrast {blow away}. 2. Syn. for {dike}, applied to smaller
     things such as files, features, or code sections. Often used to express
     a final verdict. "What do you want me to do with that 80-meg {wallpaper}
     file?" "Nuke it." 3. Used of processes as well as files; nuke is a
     frequent verbal alias for `kill -9' on Unix. 4. On IBM PCs, a bug that
     results in {fandango on core} can trash the operating system, including
     the FAT (the in-core copy of the disk block chaining information). This
     can utterly scramble attached disks, which are then said to have been
     `nuked'. This term is also used of analogous lossages on Macintoshes and
     other micros without memory protection.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  nuke
       
          /n[y]ook/ 1. To intentionally delete the entire contents of a
          given directory or storage volume.  "On Unix, "rm -r /usr"
          will nuke everything in the usr file system."  Never used for
          accidental deletion.  Opposite: {blow away}.
       
          2. Synonym for {dike}, applied to smaller things such as
          files, features, or code sections.  Often used to express a
          final verdict.  "What do you want me to do with that 80-meg
          {wallpaper} file?"  "Nuke it."
       
          3. Used of processes as well as files; nuke is a frequent
          verbal alias for "kill -9" on Unix.
       
          4. On IBM PCs, a bug that results in {fandango on core} can
          trash the operating system, including the FAT (the in-core
          copy of the disk block chaining information).  This can
          utterly scramble attached disks, which are then said to have
          been "nuked".  This term is also used of analogous lossages on
          Macintoshes and other micros without memory protection.
       
          [{Jargon File}]