Rom

Rom  (rm)

n.

1. A Gypsy, especially a Gypsy man or boy.

2. (used with a pl. verb) Gypsies considered as a group.

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[Romany, man; see Romany.]

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ROM

Noun

Computers read only memory: a storage device that holds data permanently and cannot be altered by the programmer

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ROM  (rm)

Short for read-only memory. Computer hardware that stores programs or data that cannot be added to, modified, or deleted. ROM does not require power to maintain its contents, and is often used to save instructions that enable the computer's operating system to communicate with other hardware.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ROM - (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed fixed storage, read-only memory, read-only storage CD-ROM, compact disc read-only memory - a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system); a large amount of digital information can be stored and accessed but it cannot be altered by the user EPROM, erasable programmable read-only memory - (computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data computer memory, computer storage, memory board, store, memory, storage - an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached" computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

Translations

ROM [rɔm] n abbr (= read only memory) → (memoria) ROM f

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ROM [rɔm] n abbr (Comput) (= read-only memory) → mémoire morte, ROM f

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ROM [rɔm] n abbr (Comput) (= read only memory) → ROM

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ROM [rɔm] n abbr (COMPUT) (= read-only memory) → ROM f