EPROM (??pr?m?) n. Computers A programmable ROM that can be erased by exposure to ultraviolet light and then reprogrammed. [e(rasable) p(rogrammable) r(ead-)o(nly) m(emory).] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.EPROM (?i?pr?m) n acronym for (Computer Science) erasable programmable read-only memoryCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014EPROM (?i?pr?m) n. a memory chip that can be reprogrammed any number of times, as to correct bugs, by first clearing its contents with ultraviolet light: used frequently in the manufacture of personal computers and peripherals. [1975?80; e(rasable) p(rogrammable) r(ead-)o(nly) m(emory)] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.