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blow an EPROM
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/bloh *n ee'prom/ (Or "blast", "burn") To program a
read-onlymemory
, e.g. for use with an
embedded system
. This term
arose because the programming process for the
ProgrammableRead-Only Memory
(PROM) that preceded present-day
ErasableProgrammable Read-Only Memory
(EPROM) involved intentionally
blowing tiny electrical fuses on the chip. The usage lives on
(it's too vivid and expressive to discard) even though the
write process on EPROMs is nondestructive.
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(1994-11-29)
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