/bloh *n ee' prom/ (Or "blast", "burn") 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 Memory} (PROM) that preceded present-day {erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory} (ePROM) 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. [ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Jargon File">Jargon File] (1994-11-29)
