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blow an EPROM

/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.

(1994-11-29)

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