Dark-Emitting Diode (that is, a burned-out
LED). Compare SED, LER, write-only mem
early 1970s both Signetics and Texas instruments released DED spec
sheets as AFJs (suggested uses included "as a power-off
indicator").
write-only memory n.
The obvious antonym to `read-only
memory'. Out of frustration with the long and seemingly useless
chain of approvals required of component specifications, during
which no actual checking seemed to occur, an engineer at Signetics
once created a specification for a write-only memory and included
it with a bunch of other specifications to be approved....
write-only memory: n. The obvious antonym to `read-only
memory'. Out of frustration with the long and seemingly useless
chain of approvals required of component specifications, during
which no actual checking seemed to occur, an engineer at Signetics
once created a specification for a write-only memory and included
it with a bunch of other specifications to be approved....