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ROM en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɹɒm/
  • /ɹɑm/ father-bother merger

Etymology

In all senses (except Romania in sports), by acronymy.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Acronym of read-only memory.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A software image of read-only memory (as of a game cartridge) used in emulation.
  3. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The nonvolatile internal storage, often a solid-state drive, on a mobile device or computer.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of range of motion.
  5. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Acronym of rupture of membranes.
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of return on margin.
  7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:estimating and purchasing, uncountable) Initialism of rough order of magnitude: An informal cost or price estimate provided for planning and budgeting purposes only, typically expected to be only 75% accurate.
  8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of run of month.

Forms

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ROMs Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

RAM · ROW · random access memory · ROY · random access memory · ROP · return on investment · ROI · RAM · RAM · random access memory

Deriveds

New World ROM ((read-only memory)) · EPROM ((read-only memory)) · PROM ((read-only memory)) · ROMable ((read-only memory)) · Old World ROM ((read-only memory)) · rompler ((read-only memory)) · romset ((read-only memory)) · bootROM ((read-only memory)) · romhack ((read-only memory)) · EEPROM ((read-only memory)) · LV-ROM ((read-only memory))

Hypernyms

memory · memory · OOM · order of magnitude · order · range · return · rupture · memory

Relateds

RAM · flash memory · write-only memory · WOM · WORM

Source: en.wiktionary, “ROM” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ROM en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɹɒm/
  • /ɹɑm/ father-bother merger

Etymology

In all senses (except Romania in sports), by acronymy.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Romania.
    alt of Romania