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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>nuke</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="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="nugry.html" title="nugry"/><link rel="next" href="number-crunching.html" title="number-crunching"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">nuke</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="nugry.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="number-crunching.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="nuke"/><dt xmlns="" id="nuke"><b>nuke</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/n[y]ook/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. To intentionally delete the entire contents of a given directory
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or storage volume. “<span class="quote">On Unix, <b class="command">rm -r
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/usr</b> will nuke everything in the usr filesystem.</span>” Never
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used for accidental deletion; contrast <a href="../B/blow-away.html"><i class="glossterm">blow away</i></a>.
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</p></dd><dd><p> 2. Syn. for <a href="../D/dike.html"><i class="glossterm">dike</i></a>, applied to smaller things
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such as files, features, or code sections. Often used to express a final
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verdict. “<span class="quote">What do you want me to do with that 80-meg session
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file?</span>” “<span class="quote">Nuke it.</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 3. Used of processes as well as files; nuke is a frequent verbal
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alias for <b class="command">kill -9</b> on Unix. </p></dd><dd><p> 4. On IBM PCs, a bug that results in
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<a href="../F/fandango-on-core.html"><i class="glossterm">fandango on core</i></a> can trash the operating system, including the FAT (the
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in-core copy of the disk block chaining information). This can utterly
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scramble attached disks, which are then said to have been <span class="firstterm">nuked</span>. This term is also used of analogous
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lossages on Macintoshes and other micros without memory protection.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="nugry.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../N.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="number-crunching.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">nugry </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> number-crunching</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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