ROM (roma)

Pronunciation (US):

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: roma   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ROM mean? 

• ROM (noun)
  The noun ROM has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed

  Familiarity information: ROM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fixed storage; read-only memory; read-only storage; ROM

Hypernyms ("ROM" is a kind of...):

computer memory; computer storage; memory; memory board; storage; store (an electronic memory device)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ROM"):

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)

 Context examples 

Designs vary widely but, in general, the CPU consists of the control unit, the arithmetic and logic unit (ALU) and memory (registers, cache, RAM and ROM) as well as various temporary buffers and other logic.

(Central Processing Unit of Computer Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)