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Rom

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Rom  (rm)
n. pl. Rom or Ro·ma (rm, räm)
1. A Gypsy.
2. A Gypsy man or boy.

[Romany, man; see Romany.]

ROM  (rm)
n. Computer Science
Memory hardware that allows fast access to permanently stored data but prevents addition to or modification of the data.

[r(ead-)o(nly) m(emory).]

Rom [rɒm]
n pl Roma [ˈrɒmə]
(Social Science / Peoples) a male Gypsy
[Romany]

ROM [rɒm]
n Computing
acronym for
(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) read only memory: a storage device that holds data permanently and cannot in normal circumstances be altered by the programmer

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.RomROM - (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
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 [rɒm] N ABBR =Read-Only MemoryROM f
ROM [ˈrɒm] n abbr (COMPUTING) (=read-only memory) → mémoire f morte, ROM f
ROM
n (Comput) abbr of read only memoryROM m or nt
ROM [rɒm] n abbr (Comput) =read-only memoryROM f inv
ROM [rɒm] n abbr (Comput) =read-only memoryROM f inv


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