<jargon> To figure out something by meditation or by a sudden
flash of enlightenment. Originally applied to bugs, but
occasionally applied to problems of life in general. "How'd
you figure out the buffer allocation problem?" "Oh, I zenned
it."
Contrast grok, which connotes a time-extended version of
zenning a system. Compare hack mode. See also guru.
(1996-09-17)
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ZEBRA « Zed « Zen « zen » ZENO » zepto » Zermelo Fränkel set theory