erasable programmable read-only memory

n : (computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be

erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new

data [syn: {EPROM}]

One Time Programmable Read-Only Memory

(OTPROM, EPROM OTP) A kind of storage device like an

{EPROM} but with no quartz glass window in the package for

erasing the contents. This reduces the packaging cost but

means the device cannot be erased with UV and so can only be

written once. Erasure is possible, but expensive, with

X-rays.

(1995-04-22)