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ＥＥＰＲＯＭ (イー・イー・ピー・ロム) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ＥＥＰＲＯＭ

also: イーイーピーロム

Meanings

1

noun

EEPROM; electrically erasable programmable ROM

computing

Technical term in computing for a type of non-volatile memory that can be erased and reprogrammed electrically.

このマイコンはＥＥＰＲＯＭにプログラムを保ほ存ぞんします。
This microcontroller stores the program in EEPROM.

Similar words

ＲＯＭ
ＲＯＭ is read-only memory; ＥＥＰＲＯＭ is a specific type that can be electrically erased and rewritten.
フラッシュメモリ
Flash memory is a later, faster type of EEPROM, but EEPROM can be erased and written byte-by-byte, unlike typical flash memory.

Etymology

Acronym from English 'Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory', borrowed directly into Japanese technical vocabulary.