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- verb nonstandard To
set ,reset orinitialize something (especially avariable orparameter ) tozero .
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Examples
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The problem is that this is a crypto box without a "zeroize" button.
doggdot.us 2008
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On units with internal key storage, there's a guarded "zeroize" button that clears all keys to zero.
doggdot.us 2008
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Clearly, they would zeroize what they could and destroy what they could.
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Gary: Live. com sucks anyway, I just hate their new beta search engines, it’s slow and the interface is bloated with crap. reply zeroize
Microsoft Live Shopping Launches – But No Firefox Michael Arrington 2005
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