ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE READ-ONLY MEMORY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

EPROM; erasable programmable read-only memory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("erasable programmable read-only memory" is a kind of...):

fixed storage; read-only memory; read-only storage; ROM ((computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

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