Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

blow an EPROM
     
        /bloh *n ee'prom/ (Or "blast", "burn") To program a {read-only
        memory}, e.g. for use with an {embedded system}.  This term
        arose because the programming process for the {Programmable
        Read-Only Memory} (PROM) that preceded present-day {Erasable
        Programmable Read-Only Memory} (EPROM) involved intentionally
        blowing tiny electrical fuses on the chip.  The usage lives on
        (it's too vivid and expressive to discard) even though the
        write process on EPROMs is nondestructive.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1994-11-29)