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blow

To write code or data into a PROM chip by blowing the fuses of the 0 bits. The 1 bits are left alone.


blow Archaic
Metallurgy
a. a stage in the Bessemer process in which air is blasted upwards through molten pig iron
b. the quantity of metal treated in a Bessemer converter


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In the long term, however, even more problematic than the now-solved safety issue is that money problems could still blow a fuse on the fish fence.
At any point in the first round, Wallace could blow a fuse and leave Sabonis and Dale Davis as the only big men to defend Shaquille O'Neal, which would mean almost certain defeat for Portland.
In the event of a power outage, this key feature prevents all power-outlet receptacles from turning on at once -- averting the potential for a power in-rush to blow a fuse or trip a circuit breaker in a data center.
 
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