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.
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