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erasable, irascible
erasable (i RAYS uh b'l) (adjective)
Referring to marks which can be removed, as with an eraser, or a recorded matter that can be deleted: The formula which was written on the chalkboard was erasable as soon as it was solved.
irascible (i RAS uh b'l) (adjective)
Easily angered; quick tempered: Dick's neighbor has an irascible, or irritable and surly, disposition.

The irascible temper of the professor often confused the students. Sometimes he would write information on the chalkboard which he would then consider erasable before the end of his lecture.

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electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, EEPROM
1. A method of storing data on microchips.

Usually bytes can be erased and reprogrammed individually.

RFID tags that use EEPROM are more expensive than factory programmed tags, where the number is written into the silicon when the chip is made, but they offer more flexibility because the end user can write an ID number to the tag at the time the tag is going to be used.

2. A form of read-only memory which can be electrically erased and reprogrammed.
3. An integrated-circuit memory chip that has an internal switch to permit a user to erase the contents of the chip and to write new contents into it with electrical signals.
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electrically erasable read-only memory, EEROM
A form of read-only memory in which the entire contents can be erased electrically and reprogrammed hundreds of time without damaging the device.
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electrically erasable