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zero
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vt. 1. To set to 0. Usually said of small pieces of data, such as bits or
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words (esp. in the construction zero out ). 2. To erase; to discard all data
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from. Said of disks and directories, where zeroing need not involve actually
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writing zeroes throughout the area being zeroed. One may speak of something
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being logically zeroed rather than being physically zeroed. See scribble.
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