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10/26/01 01:15
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#16029 - RE: PROM and EPROM - again (legible?)
I'm sorry, the HTML seems to have gone all wrong on my previous post.
Maybe it'll work this time:

ROM = Read-Only Memory
PROM = Programmable ROM
EPROM = Erasable PROM
EEPROM = Electrically-Erasable PROM

Yes, the terms are getting more specific as you go down.

"EPROM" is usually taken to mean "UV-EPROM" unless otherwise specified; ie, the Erasing is done by exposeure to Ultra-Violet light

Sometimes, UV-EPROM chips are packaged without the little window to allow the UV light in (which is much cheaper); thus, in practice, it is not possible to actually erase these chips once they've been programmed.
Hence they are known as "One-Time Programmable" or OTP.

Yes, Flash is a particular Electrical-Erasure technology (developed by Intel, I think).
I think they called it "Flash" to indicate that it can be erased "in a Flash"


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PROM and EPROM            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM - again (legible?)            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM - idiom            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM - idiom            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM - idiom            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM - idiom            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM - idiom; Hazel            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM - idiom            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM - idiom            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM Andy, Bert            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM - Erik            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM Andy, Bert            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM, Bert            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM, Bert            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM - idiom            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM - idiom            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM - idiom            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM - idiom            01/01/70 00:00      
RE: PROM and EPROM - idiom            01/01/70 00:00      
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