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Rom

[rohm] Pronunciation Key

–noun

a Gypsy man or boy.

[Origin: 1835–45; < Romany: a married man; cf. Skt ḍomba, ḍoma a low-caste minstrel

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ROM

[rom] Pronunciation Key

–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)

]

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Rom.

Roman.

Romance.

Romania.

Romanian.

Romanic.

6.	Romans (New Testament).

Also, Rom (for defs. 2, 5).

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rom.

roman (printing type).

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Rom (rōm) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. Rom or Ro·ma (rō'mə, rä'mə)

A Gypsy.
A Gypsy man or boy.

[Romany, man; see Romany.]

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ROM (rŏm) Pronunciation Key
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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Rom

"male gypsy," 1841, see Romany.

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rom
noun
(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed [syn: read-only memory]

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ROM (rŏm) Pronunciation Key

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.

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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.)