Reuel Titus's definitions

crosshatch

The # character also called:
cardinal
comment sign
crosshatch
crunch
fence
gate
gridlet
hash mark
hex
noughts-and-crosses
octothorn
octothorp
pig pen
pound sign
resemblance
resemblance
resemblance
sharp
shibboleth
square
sulamit
tic-tac-toe
widget mark

Press the key with the crosshatch on it.

by Reuel Titus October 15, 2003

dip

Dual Inline Package

DIP's are chips that look like centipedes.

by Reuel Titus October 16, 2003

EPROM

Electrically Programmable ROM.
Higher than normal voltages are required to program (save information) to this kind of ROM.
Typically a large IC with a paper sticker covering a little glass window.
The memory can be reset or cleared with ultra-violet light.

The robot worked fine until it's uncovered EPROMs were exposed to sunshine.

by Reuel Titus October 16, 2003

EEPROM

Electically Eraseable Programmable Read Only Memory.
An EPROM that can be erased with a higher voltage than it is programmed with.

The robot worked fine until it's EEPROMs were erased by the power line.

by Reuel Titus October 16, 2003

Flash RAM

Non-volatile memory chip.
Information will last an estimated 100 years with (battery) power.
It is similar in operation to EEPROM in that it can be erased with a higher voltage than it is read or written with, but does not require as much time to write or voltage to reset.

You can only erase the whole Flash RAM at once.

by Reuel Titus October 16, 2003

Flash Memory

Flash RAM

Intel refuses to call Flash Memory FlashRAM, it must be policy.

by Reuel Titus October 16, 2003

groom

Male principal in a wedding ceremony.

The scared groom was as stiff as a broom.

by Reuel Titus October 17, 2003