EPROM

[ ee-prom ]

noun

, Computers.

1. a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.

EPROM

/ ˈiːprɒm /

acronym for

1. erasable programmable read-only memory

Word History and Origins

Origin of EPROM¹

e(rasable) p(rogrammable) r(ead)-o(nly) m(emory)

Example Sentences

He listened to the music he had chosen for the show, and thought the driving, acid bass of Eprom, with its percussive beat, sounded like artillery fire.

From New York Times

If you look at the calendars of most leaders and managers, you see that there is no space for reflection, no space for reevaluating failures, no space for daydreaming, which to me, is an essential part of leadership, because just about every one of my breakthroughs were results of daydreams, including EPROM.

From Inc

Nowadays the bootstrap is usually found in ROM or EPROM, and reads the first stage in from a fixed location on the disk, called the `boot block'.

From Project Gutenberg

Nowadays the bootstrap is usually found in ROM or EPROM, and reads the first stage in from a fixed location on the disk, called the `boot block'.

From Project Gutenberg

Nowadays the bootstrap is usually found in ROM or EPROM, and reads the first stage in from a fixed location on the disk, called the `boot block'.

From Project Gutenberg