[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
atomic warhead nuclear warhead thermonuclear warhead atomize atomise zap 
atom-bomb microwave micro-cook 

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

nuke /nyook/ 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.


see also:
blow away dike wallpaper fandango on core 

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

nuke
     
        /nyook/ 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
     
     
see also:
blow away dike wallpaper fandango on core jargon file 

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