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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

blow [blō]
(computer science)
To write data or code into a programmable read-only memory chip by melting the fuse links corresponding to bits that are to be zero.
(electricity)
Opening of a circuit because of excess current, particularly when the current is heavy and a melting or breakdown point is reached.


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And he argued that the insurance mandate would bring millions of new customers to insurers, softening the blow of other aspects of the plan.
Owners of Los Angeles County courier and messenger services add that the continued rapid growth of Southern California is softening the blow here.
In hopes of softening the blow, ANF officials took the occasion to report that same-store sales spiked up 24 percent in August.
 
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