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blow
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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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If you're a longshoreman and someone mentions SSA, they blow a gasket," said Peter Olney, associate director of the University of California Institute for Labor and Employment.
When you get faith," he tells Marcellin, who suspects that O'Hanlon is sneering at African beliefs, "you throw the switches, you blow a gasket, you deliberately go soft in the head.
If so, you're probably about ready to blow a gasket.
 
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