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<p>In the context of <a href="/facts/Installation_(computer_programs)/EQzPeYv2">installing</a> <a href="/facts/Firmware/62UVKIUK">firmware</a> onto a device, a programmer, device programmer, chip programmer, <a href="/facts/Programmable_read-only_memory/amoyxIFx">device burner</a>,: 364 or PROM writer is a device that writes, a.k.a. burns, <a href="/facts/Firmware/62UVKIUK">firmware</a> to a target device's <a href="/facts/Non-volatile_memory/EN72wMD9">non-volatile memory</a>.: 3 </p><p>Typically, the target device memory is one of the following types: <a href="/facts/Programmable_read-only_memory/amoyxIFx">PROM</a>, <a href="/facts/EPROM/kXcEca36">EPROM</a>, <a href="/facts/EEPROM/0yAMFY0I">EEPROM</a>, <a href="/facts/Flash_memory/Cn8JsStx">Flash memory</a>, <a href="/facts/MultiMediaCard/KGkRkvIY">eMMC</a>, <a href="/facts/Magnetoresistive_random-access_memory/WsgKzopf">MRAM</a>, <a href="/facts/Ferroelectric_RAM/y32nvhvK">FeRAM</a>, <a href="/facts/Non-volatile_random-access_memory/CIYnqh4E">NVRAM</a>, <a href="/facts/Programmable_logic_device/7dIVypm9">PLD</a>, <a href="/facts/Programmable_logic_array/R6lF60jA">PLA</a>, <a href="/facts/Programmable_Array_Logic/H9S0Fd1A">PAL</a>, <a href="/facts/Generic_array_logic/JF3rWy3A">GAL</a>, <a href="/facts/Complex_programmable_logic_device/CUKHIAID">CPLD</a>, <a href="/facts/Field_Programmable_Gate_Array/M8LSGcAU">FPGA</a>. </p>