zen

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Zen
    n 1: school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment
         can come through meditation and intuition rather than
         faith; China and Japan [syn: {Zen}, {Zen Buddhism}]
    2: a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained
       through direct intuitive insight [syn: {Zen}, {Zen Buddhism}]
    3: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: {acid},
       {back breaker}, {battery-acid}, {dose}, {dot}, {Elvis},
       {loony toons}, {Lucy in the sky with diamonds}, {pane},
       {superman}, {window pane}, {Zen}]

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

zen
 vt.

   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}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Zen

   [Kehoe, B., "Zen and the Art of the Internet", February 1992.]

   [{Jargon File}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

zen

   <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)