Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms: EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory)
EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory)
a type of memory chip whose contents can be both recorded and erased by electrical signals, but do not go blank when power is removed. (It is called "read-only" because the recording process is too slow to be used more than occasionally.) EEPROM contrasts with permanently recorded ROMchips and with EPROMs that can be programmed electrically but cannot be erased electrically.
