Electing a Pope

<electronics, humour>

(From the smoke signals given out when the guys in funny hats choose a new Pope) Causing an integrated circuit or other electronic component to emit smoke by passing too much current through it.

See magic smoke.

Last updated: 1995-08-18

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Electing a Pope ♦ Electrically Alterable Programmable Read-Only Memory

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