Rom

[ rohm ]

noun,plural Roms, (especially collectively) Rom.
  1. an individual member of the Romani people, or Roma, especially a man or boy.

Origin of Rom

1
First recorded in 1835–45; from Romani: “man, married man”; compare Sanskrit ḍomba, ḍoma “a low-caste minstrel,” probably from a Dravidian language; compare Kannada ḍomba, ḍoma, Tamil dommara “caste of jugglers”

usage note For Rom

See gypsy.

Other definitions for ROM (2 of 4)

ROM
[ rom ]

noun
  1. 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

2
r(ead)-o(nly)m(emory)

Words that may be confused with ROM

Other definitions for rom. (3 of 4)

rom.

abbreviation
  1. roman (printing type).

Other definitions for Rom. (4 of 4)

Rom.

abbreviation
  1. Roman.

  2. Romance.: Also Rom

  1. Romania.

  2. Romanian.: Also Rom

  3. Romanic.: Also Rom

  4. 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?

    21 Tech Predictions for 2011 | Thomas E. Weber, Brian Ries | January 1, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • The book comes with three DVD-ROMs “with all 54,267 front pages and links to the full articles.”

    Stop Picking On the Times | Peter Osnos | December 30, 2008 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • 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.

  • Drumann (Geschichte Roms, Pompeii, p. 524) has diligently collected all the circumstances of this magnificent exhibition.

  • And Rom was the general slang of the road, and it came from the Roms or Trablūs.

    The Gypsies | Charles G. Leland

British Dictionary definitions for Rom (1 of 4)

Rom

/ (rɒm) /


nounplural Roma (ˈrɒmə)
  1. a male Gypsy

Origin of Rom

1
Romany

British Dictionary definitions for ROM (2 of 4)

ROM

/ (rɒm) /


n acronym forcomputing
  1. 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)

rom.

/ printing /


abbreviation for
  1. roman (type)

British Dictionary definitions for Rom. (4 of 4)

Rom.

abbreviation for
  1. Roman

  2. Romance (languages)

  1. Bible Romans

  2. Romania(n)

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Scientific definitions for ROM

ROM

[ rŏm ]


  1. 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

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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