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• blow an EPROM /bloh *n ee'prom/ v. (alt. `blast an EPROM', `burn an EPROM') 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 Memories (PROMs) that preceded present-day Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memories (EPROMs) involved intentionally blowing tiny electrical fuses on the chip....
• magic smoke: n. A substance trapped inside IC packages that enables them to function (also called `blue smoke'
  his is similar to the archaic `phlogiston' hypothesis about combustion)....
• boot v.,n. [techspeak; from `by one's bootstraps'] To load and initialize the operating system on a machine.
  This usage is no longer jargon (having passed into techspeak) but has given rise to some derivatives that are still jargon....
• magic smoke n. A substance trapped inside IC packages that enables them to function (also called `blue smoke'
  his is similar to the archaic `phlogiston' hypothesis about combustion)....
• firmware /ferm'weir/ n. Embedded software contained in EPROM or flash memory.
  It isn't quite hardware, but at least doesn't have to be loaded from a disk like regular software....
• WROM: Write to Read Only Memory
• whacker: [University of Maryland: from {hacker}] n.
  1. A person, similar to a {hacker}, who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities....
• write-only code: [a play on `read-only memory'] n. Code so arcane
  complex, or ill-structured that it cannot be modified or even comprehended by anyone but its author, and possibly not even by him/her....
• CBBR: Crash and Blow Boot Read-only memory