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Also Known As	erasable programmable read-only memory

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NMOS circuit implementation of (A) a DRAM cell, (B) an SRAM cell, and (C) an EPROM transistor, where the charge is stored on the floating gate. The address line selects the cell to be written or read, and the memory-state information is sensed on the bit line(s).

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