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fuse link [2 records]

Record 1 2014-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
DEF

The part of a fuse that contains the fuse element and is designed to be replaced after the fuse has operated.

OBS

fuse-link: term standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
CONT

Le coupe circuit est constitué d'un élément mobile appelé élément de remplacement (fusible) et d'un support fixe correspondant.

OBS

élément de remplacement : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Circuitos eléctricos e interruptores automáticos
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Record 2 2004-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
DEF

Circuit line in a PROM chip or similar device that is designed to be blown apart.

DEF

The material initially provided in a PROM that can be "blown" when the PROM is programmed.

CONT

Fuse PROM. A programmable read-only memory on which the programming is carried out either by blowing open microscopic fuse links to define a logic one or zero for each cell in the memory array, or by causing metal to short out base-emitter transistor junctions to program the ones or zeros into the memory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
DEF

Técnica de memoria de sólo lectura programable (PROM) ampliamente usada. Se usa una corriente excesiva para destruir una conexión metalizada en el dispositivo de almacenamiento, creando un 0, por ejemplo si un elemento conductivo se interpreta como 1.

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