BLOW AN EPROM

Domain	Definition
Computing	Blow an EPROM /bloh *n ee'prom/ v. (alt. `blast an EPROM', `burn an EPROM') To program a read-only memory, e.g. for use with an embedded system. This term arose because the programming process for the Programmable Read-Only Memories (PROMs) that preceded present-day Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memories (EPROMs) 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. Source: Jargon File.
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Anagrams: BLOW AN EPROM

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	Words within the letters "a-b-e-l-m-n-o-o-p-r-w"
	-2 letters: lampooner.
	-3 letters: manpower.
	-4 letters: almoner, bloomer, blooper, borneol, embrown, lampoon, lobworm, lowborn, manrope, ownable, plowman, plowmen, polaron, preboom, problem, rampole, rebloom, ropable, rowable, woolman, woolmen, woomera.
	-5 letters: abloom, almner, ambler, ampler, aplomb, barlow, barmen, bawler, bemoan, beworm, bewrap, blamer, blower, bolero, boomer, borane, boreal, bowler, bowman, bowmen, bromal, enamor, enwomb, enwrap, lamber, lawmen, loaner.
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