Computer Hardware Terms, Glossary and Dictionary

Device Programmer is a type of tool for programming EPROMs, PLDs, nonvolatile memories, and other electrically programmable devices and chips. Typically, the programmable device is inserted into a socket on the device programmer, and the contents of a memory buffer are then transferred into it. Gang programmers, a type of device programmer, is capable of programming multiple devices from the same image simultaneously.

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