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To: chomolungma who wrote (25336)3/12/2004 3:24:04 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer  Respond to of 60323
 
They call it flash because it saves a file quickly, compared with EEPROM (electronically erasible programmable memory), which took a long time to burn in a file and took a lot of power besides.

Art