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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>zero</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../Z.html" title="Z"/><link rel="previous" href="zen.html" title="zen"/><link rel="next" href="zero-content.html" title="zero-content"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">zero</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zen.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Z</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zero-content.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="zero"/><dt xmlns="" id="zero"><b>zero</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. To set to 0. Usually said of small pieces of data, such as bits
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or words (esp. in the construction <span class="firstterm">zero
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out</span>). </p></dd><dd><p> 2. To erase; to discard all data from. Said of disks and
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directories, where ‘zeroing’ need not involve actually writing
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zeroes throughout the area being zeroed. One may speak of something being
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<span class="firstterm">logically zeroed</span> rather than being
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<span class="firstterm">physically zeroed</span>. See
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<a href="../S/scribble.html"><i class="glossterm">scribble</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zen.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Z.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zero-content.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">zen </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> zero-content</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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