[antiRepublicrat]

BTW: stating "PROM's are EPROM's" would be in error - similar to the error you are making in conjunction with firmware and software.

Firmware and software at least have a relation, since firmware is what you call software in certain settings. We had a discussion about the semantics and definitions of firmware/software, which as you've noticed even differs depending on source.

But stating a PROM is an EPROM is just ignorant. PROMs and EPROMs are completely different things. A ROM is mask-based, a PROM is fuse-based, and an EPROM is capacitor-based. PROMs are written using a current since you're trying to blow fuses, and they are digital because a fuse is either blown or not blown (0 or 1). EPROMs are written using a voltage to discharge the capacitors, and are more analog because there can be varying degrees of charges left in the capacitors, the 1s and 0s determined based on a threshold amount of charge sensed.

They are so absolutely different that anyone who knows what he's talking about couldn't state that. .

You might want to do some searching around - that is a very common way of showing a plural state.

Now wait one minizzle. Ebonics is a perfectly acceptable way of communicating in some circles, too, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it's correct either. An' dat's da fo one one, know wha' ahm sayin', beeeeyatch?

[Last Visible Dog]

But stating a PROM is an EPROM is just ignorant. PROMs and EPROMs are completely different things.

That is what I said - although they are not completely different things.

A ROM is mask-based, a PROM is fuse-based, and an EPROM is capacitor-based.

So.

ROM is Read Only-Memory - how it works is trivia.

PROM is Programmable Read-Only Memory - how it works is trivia

EPROM is Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory - how it works is trivia

EPROM is PROM and it is ROM - it is also Erasable.

The name explains the function - not the methods used to achieve the function.

They are so absolutely different that anyone who knows what he's talking about couldn't state that. .

You are just making a fool out of yourself. You are trying to claim Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory is not Programmable Read-Only Memory. You may understand computer technology but you are now coming unglued and making irrational comments.

I guess I am going to have to rub your nose in it:

PROM

Short for programmable read-only memory, a memory chip on which data can be written only once. Once a program has been written onto a PROM, it remains there forever. Unlike RAM, PROMs retain their contents when the computer is turned off.

The difference between a PROM and a ROM (read-only memory) is that a PROM is manufactured as blank memory, whereas a ROM is programmed during the manufacturing process. To write data onto a PROM chip, you need a special device called a PROM programmer or PROM burner. The process of programming a PROM is sometimes called burning the PROM.

An EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory) is a special type of PROM that can be erased by exposing it to ultraviolet light. Once it is erased, it can be reprogrammed. An EEPROM is similar to a PROM, but requires only electricity to be erased.

What was that you said: " They[EPROM's and PROM's] are so absolutely different that anyone who knows what he's talking about couldn't state that [EPROM's are PROM's]"

antiRepublicrat, you need to contact the Webopedia people so you can tell them they don't know what they are talking about.

When you come unglued - you do it big time