Eprom Eeprom Flash
A look at what is currently available on eBay
 Universal USB EPROM EEPROM FLASH GAL Programmer AVR PIC US $38.88 
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IC programmers................................?
picked up a catalog from Jameco electronics and the have these IC programmers, i know what the individual parts are and their usage is obvious, but, what do i need before the thing can interface with the memory for example: "37000+ device/48 pin usb stnd alone gang programmer, i understand this model will support all types of usb and flash memory, so the question becomes, what basic circuitry do i need in between the memory ad the programmer? for examples, eprom, eeprom, serial eprom, paged eprom, serial prom, flash eprom, (nor and nand), nvram spld, cpld, epld, mcu, micro controller, sram, and standar logic devices down to 1.5 v.
i will be posting a question in programming on those individual types as well.
What are you trying to do? If you're trying to program a flash chip, you can plug the flash chip directly into the programmer, assuming the programmer supports the chip. This is normally only useful for developing prototypes and homebrew projects. And even for that, it's largely obsolete since most homebrew microcontrollers today have their own flash memory.
If you had a serial eeprom you wanted to program, you would drop it in the programmer's socket, tell the programmer's software what to put on the EEPROM, push 'program', and then remove the programmed EEPROM. But for most applications, you could just program the EEPROM in the final circuit anyway.
Now, microcontrollers with embedded EEPROM may be best programmed in a programmer.