Rom
an individual member of the Romani people, or Roma, especially a man or boy.
Origin of Rom
1usage note For Rom
Other definitions for ROM (2 of 4)
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.
Origin of ROM
2Words that may be confused with ROM
- RAM, ROM
Other definitions for rom. (3 of 4)
roman (printing type).
Other definitions for Rom. (4 of 4)
Roman.
Romance.: Also Rom
Romania.
Romanian.: Also Rom
Romanic.: Also Rom
Bible. Romans (New Testament).
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How to use Rom in a sentence
MULTIMEDIA BOOKS: Remember when the rise of CD-ROMs brought with it the notion of the multimedia book?
The book comes with three DVD-ROMs “with all 54,267 front pages and links to the full articles.”
That there are Roms in the land of Mizr his eyes have shown, but whether any of them can talk Rommany is to him as yet unknown.
The English Gipsies and Their Language | Charles G. LelandDrumann (Geschichte Roms, Pompeii, p. 524) has diligently collected all the circumstances of this magnificent exhibition.
Plutarch's Lives Volume III. | PlutarchAnd Rom was the general slang of the road, and it came from the Roms or Trablūs.
The Gypsies | Charles G. Leland
Men and women—roms and juwas—excel in the art of giving diseases to cattle.
King of Camargue | Jean AicardAmongst modern works may be named the exhaustive repertory of fact contained in Drumann, Geschichte Roms, vol.
British Dictionary definitions for Rom (1 of 4)
/ (rɒm) /
a male Gypsy
Origin of Rom
1British Dictionary definitions for ROM (2 of 4)
/ (rɒm) /
read only memory: a storage device that holds data permanently and cannot in normal circumstances be altered by the programmer
British Dictionary definitions for rom. (3 of 4)
/ printing /
roman (type)
British Dictionary definitions for Rom. (4 of 4)
Roman
Romance (languages)
Bible Romans
Romania(n)
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Scientific definitions for ROM
[ rŏm ]
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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Cultural definitions for ROM
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