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Computing | Flash memory Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Flash memory is a form of EEPROM that allows multiple memory locations to be erased or written in one programming operation. Normal EEPROM only allows one location at a time to be erased or written. All types of flash memory and EEPROM wear out after a certain number of erase operations.
Flash memory is made in two forms: NOR flash and NAND flash. The names refer to the type of logic gate used in each storage cell. NOR flash was the first type to be developed, and was invented by Intel in 1988. It has long erase and write times, but has a full address/data (memory) interface that allows random access to any location. This makes it suitable for storage of program code that needs to be infrequently updated, as in digital cameras and PDAss. Its endurance is 10,000 to 100,000 erase cycles. NAND flash from Toshiba followed in 1989. It has shorter erase and write times, higher density and lower cost per bit than NOR flash, and ten times the endurance, but its I/O interface allows only sequential access to data. This makes it suitable for mass-storage devices such as PC cardss and various memory cards like Compact Flash and Secure Digital media.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Flash memory."
Crosswords: FLASH MEMORY |
| Specialty definitions using "FLASH MEMORY": Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory. (references) |
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Business | Currently, 8M bit models lead local flash memory sales, followed by 16M and 4M bit items. (references) | |
Predictions are that local demand for flash memory will surpass that of SRAMs in the near future. (references) | ||
At present, SRAMs and flash memory each account for 10 percent of the memory sales while Roms, EPROMs and EEPROMs together constitute about 10 percent. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "FLASH MEMORY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | flash hukommelse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | flash geheugen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | mémoire instantanée, mémoire flash (flash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Flash-Speicher (flash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | μνήμη flash. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | memoria-flash. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ashflay emorymay memória-flash. (various references) memoria flash. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-h-l-m-m-o-r-s-y" | |
-3 letters: armholes, hoarsely, horsefly, myelomas, ramosely. | |
-4 letters: amylose, armhole, femoral, flamers, flasher, flayers, foamers, formals, formyls, freshly, hammers, loafers, malmsey, mayhems, morales, myeloma, safrole, shammer, shoaler, slammer, yammers. | |
-5 letters: afresh, ahorse, almehs, amoles, ashler, ashore, falser, farles, femora, flamer, flames, flares, flashy, flayer, fleams, fleshy, florae, floras, flyers, foamer, forams, forays, formal, formes, formyl. | |
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