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What is nuked?

Asked by uncledoody 4 months ago, 3 answers.

I noticed on a question yesterday an Advisor nuked some questions. sorry but what does this mean?

Answered by editor on Feb 05, 2008, 11:09AM
| 1631 answers.

Hi,

It basically means 'delete' or 'destroy'...the origin of the word in terms of computers is this:

Nuke is a frequent verbal alias for 'kill -9' on Unix. Used for both processes and files.

So it's just Geek Speak for 'delete'.

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Answered by uncledoody on Feb 05, 2008, 11:12AM
| 110 answers.

oh ok thanks.

Answered by stephanief987 on Feb 05, 2008, 02:08PM
| 4594 answers.

Means the question went bye-bye.

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