Refers to a specific PROM chip on the system board. This chip contains boot code and a Forth Monitor program. The boot PROM is connected to the I/O data bus.
(n.) In SunTM workstations, memory that contains the PROM monitor program, a command interpreter which is used for booting, a reset operation, low-level configuration, and simple test procedures.
(Boot Programmable Read-Only Memory). A ROM chip usually mounted on the network interface card that enables a personal computer to load the operating system from the network.