PROM

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Etymology

In all senses, by acronymy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɹɒm/
(father-bother merger) IPA^(key): /pɹɑm/
Rhymes: -ɒm

Noun

PROM (plural PROMs)

(electronics) Acronym of programmable read-only memory, a chip that can be programmed one or more times (depending on the type) and generally cannot be re-programmed without special equipment (if at all); once programmed and installed in a device, it functions as a read-only chip (as if it had been hard-wired to function that way).
Hypernyms: ROM, read-only memory < memory

Hyponyms: EPROM, EEPROM, OTPROM
(medicine) Initialism of prelabor rupture of membranes.
Hypernyms: ROM, rupture of membranes < rupture

Hyponym: PPROM
Initialism of passive range of motion.
Hypernyms: ROM, range of motion < range

Derived terms

(programmable read-only memory): EPROM, EEPROM, OTPROM
(prelabor rupture of membranes): PPROM

See also

(programmable read-only memory): write once, PLA, PAL, FPGA

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