ROM

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Translingual

Symbol

ROM

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Romania from 1974 to 2002.
    Synonyms: RO (alpha-2 1974–present), ROU (2002–present)

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ROM

  1. (sports) Abbreviation of Romania.

Noun

ROM (countable and uncountable, plural ROMs)

  2. (electronics, computing) Acronym of read-only memory.
    Hypernym: memory
    Coordinate terms: RAM, random access memory
  4. (video games) A software image of read-only memory (as of a game cartridge) used in emulation.
    Hypernym: memory
    Coordinate terms: RAM, random access memory
  6. (computing, by extension) The nonvolatile internal storage, often a solid-state drive, on a mobile device or computer.
    Hypernym: memory
    Coordinate terms: RAM, random access memory
  8. (medicine) Initialism of range of motion.
    Hypernym: range
    Hyponym: PROM
  10. (medicine) Acronym of rupture of membranes.
    Hypernym: rupture
    Hyponyms: PPROM < PROM
  12. (finance) Initialism of return on margin.
    Hypernym: return
    Coordinate terms: ROI, return on investment
  14. (estimating and purchasing) 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.
    Hypernyms: OOM, order of magnitude < order
  16. (advertising) Initialism of run of month.
    Coordinate terms: ROP, ROW, ROY

Derived terms

(read-only memory):

(read-only memory):

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(read-only memory):

Anagrams

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English ROM.

Pronunciation

Noun

ROM(ロム) • (romu) 

  1. (computing) ROM

See also

Etymology 2

Acronym of read-only member.

Pronunciation

Noun

ROM(ロム) • (romu) 

  1. (Internet slang) lurker
Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English ROM.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ROM f (plural ROMs)

  1. (electronics, video games) ROM

Derived terms

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