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Range of Motion Testing
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Rom

  [rohm]
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–noun
a Gypsy man or boy.
Origin:
1835–45; < Romany: a married man; cf. Skt ḍomba, ḍoma a low-caste minstrel
Range of Motion Testing
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ROM

  [rom]
–noun
computer memory in which program instructions, operating procedures, or other data are permanently stored, generally on electronic chips during manufacture, and that ordinarily cannot be changed by the user.
Compare PROM, RAM.

Origin:
r(ead)-o(nly) m(emory)

Rom.

 
1. Roman.
2. Romance.
3. Romania.
4. Romanian.
5. Romanic.
6. Romans (New Testament).
Also, Rom (for defs. 2, 5).

rom.

 
roman (printing type).
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Rom   (rōm)   
n.   pl. Rom or Ro·ma (rō'mə, rä'mə)

  1. A Gypsy.

  2. A Gypsy man or boy.


[Romany, man; see Romany.]
ROM   (rŏm)   
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).]
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Cultural Dictionary

ROM

Acronym for read only memory, which refers to a memory system, such as a commercial CD, which can be read but which cannot be altered. (Compare RAM.)

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Word Origin & History

Rom 
"male gypsy," 1841, see Romany.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

ROM
Read-Only Memory

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
rom
roman
ROM

  1. range of motion

  2. range of movement

  3. read-only memory

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