ROM

See also: Rom, Rom., Róm, rom, ròm, róm, røm, rơm, rởm, rớm, and řom

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

Pronunciation

• (electronics, computing, video games): IPA^(key): /ɹɒm/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

  • (dialects with the father-bother merger) IPA^(key): /ɹɑm/
  • Rhymes: -ɒm

Proper noun

ROM

1. (sports) Abbreviation of Romania.

Noun

ROM (countable and uncountable, plural ROMs)

1. (electronics, computing) Acronym of read-only memory.
2. (video games) A software image of read-only memory (as of a game cartridge) used in emulation.
3. (medicine) Initialism of range of motion.
4. (medicine) Acronym of rupture of membranes.
5. (finance) Initialism of return on margin.
6. (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.
7. (advertising) Initialism of run of month.

   Coordinate terms: ROP, ROW, ROY

Hypernyms

• nonvolatile (memory)

Hyponyms

• MROM
• PROM

Derived terms

(read-only memory):

• EEPROM
• EPROM
• PROM
• ROMable
• romset

Related terms

(read-only memory):

• RAM
• flash memory
• write-only memory, WOM

See also

(read-only memory):

• WORM

Anagrams

• MOR, MRO, Mor, Mor., O/RM, OMR, ORM, RMO

Japanese

Alternative forms

• リードオンリーメモリ (rīdo-onrī memori)
• リードオンリーメモリー (rīdo-onrī memorī)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English ROM.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ロ​ム [róꜜmù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞mɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ROM(ロム) • (romu) 

1. (computing) ROM

See also

• RAM(ラム) (ramu)

Etymology 2

Acronym of read-only member.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ロ​ム [róꜜmù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞mɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ROM(ロム) • (romu) 

1. (Internet slang) lurker

Derived terms

• ROM(ロム)る (romuru)

Portuguese

Noun

ROM f (plural ROMs)

1. (electronics, video games) ROM