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nuke
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/n[y]ook/ , vt. [common] 1. To intentionally delete the entire contents of a
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given directory or storage volume. On Unix, rm -r /usr will nuke everything
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in the usr filesystem. Never used for accidental deletion; contrast blow
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away. 2. Syn. for dike , applied to smaller things such as files, features,
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or code sections. Often used to express a final verdict. What do you want me
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to do with that 80-meg session file? Nuke it. 3. Used of processes as well
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as files; nuke is a frequent verbal alias for kill -9 on Unix. 4. On IBM
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PCs, a bug that results in fandango on core can trash the operating system,
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including the FAT (the in-core copy of the disk block chaining information).
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This can utterly scramble attached disks, which are then said to have been
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nuked. This term is also used of analogous lossages on Macintoshes and other
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micros without memory protection.
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