Zap may refer to any of the following:
Zap describes an electrical discharge. This term is commonly used when describing an electrical component being damaged by an ESD shock (zap). For example, someone might say they’ve zapped their video card while it was being installed
With data or data storage, zap refers to removing or deleting data on a medium.
Computer slang, Delete, ESD, Hardware terms
Related information
- How to delete a file, directory, or folder.
- How to make sure all data is erased on a computer hard drive.
- How to recover missing, lost, or deleted files.
