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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>zen</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="zbeba.html" title="zbeba"/><link rel="next" href="zero.html" title="zero"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">zen</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zbeba.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Z</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zero.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="zen"/><dt xmlns="" id="zen"><b>zen</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To figure out something by meditation or by a sudden flash of
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enlightenment. Originally applied to bugs, but occasionally applied to
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problems of life in general. “<span class="quote">How'd you figure out the buffer
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allocation problem?</span>” “<span class="quote">Oh, I zenned it.</span>” Contrast
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<a href="../G/grok.html"><i class="glossterm">grok</i></a>, which connotes a time-extended version of
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zenning a system. Compare <a href="../H/hack-mode.html"><i class="glossterm">hack mode</i></a>. See also
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