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blowTo 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| ``By making this kind of action a federal crime, Congress today has struck a blow for the rule of law and justice,'' MPAA President Dan Glickman said in a statement. I only bring it up now to talk about Vanessa Redgrave, who, alas, was not at the glitter events (evidently she was appearing in a play in London) but who has struck a blow for lesbian elders as defiant as any Palestinian solidarity of days gone by. District Judge David Doty struck a blow for dairy sanity by declaring aspects of the price control system "arbitrary and capricious. |
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