The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

zap \zap\ (z[a^]p), v. t.
   1. to shoot, destroy, or inactivate; my TV set was zapped by
      lightning.
      [PJC]

   2. to bomb with an atomic bomb.

   Syn: nuke, atomize.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   3. to cook or heat in a microwave oven.

   Syn: microwave, micro-cook, nuke.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   4. to subject to radiation, a laser beam, a strong electric
      current, or other potentially destructive treatment.
      [PJC]

   5. to skip over (e. g. a commercial or dull interval in a
      television program) by using the fast-forward button on a
      VCR remove control.
      [PJC]

   6. to add interest, color, or attractiveness to; to liven; --
      usually used with up. --[RHUD]
      [PJC]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

zap
    n 1: a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually
         with a dramatic impact; "they gave it another zap of
         radiation"
    v 1: strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers
         with some shocking scenes"
    2: kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric
       current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space
       travellers are vaporized by aliens" [syn: zap, vaporize]
    3: strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy" [syn:
       nuke, atomize, atomise, zap]
    4: cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the
       leftovers" [syn: microwave, micro-cook, zap, nuke]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

ZAP

   1.  A language for expressing program
   transformations.

   ["A System for Assisting Program Transformation",
   M.S. Feather, ACM TOPLAS 4(1):1-20, Jan 1982].

   2. Zero and Add Packed.

   (2001-03-25)


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

zap

    1. To modify, usually to correct; especially used
   when the action is performed with a debugger or binary
   patching tool.  Also implies surgical precision.  "Zap the
   debug level to 6 and run it again."

   In the IBM mainframe world, binary patches are applied to
   programs or to the operating system with a program called
   "superzap", whose file name is "IMASPZAP" (possibly
   contrived from I M A SuPerZAP).

   See also Zero and Add Packed.

   2. To fry a chip with static electricity.  "Uh oh - I think
   that lightning strike may have zapped the disk controller."

   (1998-07-08)


The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

zap


    1. n. Spiciness.

    2. vt. To make food spicy.

    3. vt. To make someone ‘suffer’ by making his food spicy. (Most hackers
    love spicy food. Hot-and-sour soup is considered wimpy unless it makes you
    wipe your nose for the rest of the meal.) See zapped.

    4. vt. To modify, usually to correct; esp. used when the action is
    performed with a debugger or binary patching tool. Also implies surgical
    precision. “Zap the debug level to 6 and run it again.” In the IBM
    mainframe world, binary patches are applied to programs or to the OS with a
    program called ‘superzap’, whose file name is ‘IMASPZAP’ (possibly
    contrived from I M A SuPerZAP).

    5. vt. To erase or reset.

    6. To fry a chip with static electricity. “Uh oh — I think that lightning
    strike may have zapped the disk controller.”