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Erasable Programmable Read-only Memory

Definition: Erasable Programmable Read-only Memory

Erasable Programmable Read-only Memory

Noun

1. (computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data.

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Specialty Definitions: Erasable Programmable Read-only Memory

DomainDefinitions

Computing

Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM) A type of storage device in which the data is determined by electrical charge stored in an isolated ("floating") MOS transistor gate. The isolation is good enough to retain the charge almost indefinitely (more than ten years) without an external power supply. The EPROM is programmed by "injecting" charge into the floating gate, using a technique based on the tunnel effect. This requires higher voltage than in normal operation (usually 12V - 25V). The floating gate can be discharged by applying ultraviolet light to the chip's surface through a quartz window in the package, erasing the memory contents and allowing the chip to be reprogrammed. (1995-04-22). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

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Synonym: Erasable Programmable Read-only Memory

Synonym: EPROM (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Erasable Programmable Read-only Memory

Specialty definitions using "erasable programmable read-only memory": blow an EPROM, bubble memory ♦ EEPROM, Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory, EPROM OTP ♦ FEPROM, Flash EPROM, Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory, flash memory, Flash ROM. (references)

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Modern Translations: Erasable Programmable Read-only Memory

Language Translations for "erasable programmable read-only memory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

可"寫可編程祇讀存儲器 (EPROM). (various references)

   

French

  

EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory), mémoire morte modifiable électriquement (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory). (various references)

   

Italian

  

EPROM (EPROM, RPROM), RPROM (EPROM, RPROM), memoria modificabile programmabile a sola lettura (EPROM, RPROM). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

erasableay ogrammablepray ead-onlyray emorymay

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Alternative Orthography: Erasable Programmable Read-only Memory


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 72 61 73 61 62 6C 65      50 72 6F 67 72 61 6D 6D 61 62 6C 65      52 65 61 64 2D 6F 6E 6C 79      4D 65 6D 6F 72 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01110010 01100001 01110011 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101 00100000 01010000 01110010 01101111 01100111 01110010 01100001 01101101 01101101 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101 00100000 01010010 01100101 01100001 01100100 00101101 01101111 01101110 01101100 01111001 00100000 01001101 01100101 01101101 01101111 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0072 0061 0073 0061 0062 006C 0065      0050 0072 006F 0067 0072 0061 006D 006D 0061 0062 006C 0065      0052 0065 0061 0064 002D 006F 006E 006C 0079      004D 0065 006D 006F 0072 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3984678567687871250848173846779796768787125271677015818078912477179818491

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern 		5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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