ROM

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rom"

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

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

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):

• bootROM
• EEPROM
• EPROM
• LV-ROM
• New World ROM, Old World ROM
• PROM
• ROMable
• romhack
• rompler
• 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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English ROM.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ROM f

1. ROM

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): [ɾo̞mɯ̟]

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): [ɾo̞mɯ̟]

Noun

ROM(ロム) • (romu) 

1. (Internet slang) lurker

Derived terms

• ROM(ロム)る (romuru)

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English ROM.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁõ/ [ˈhõ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁõ/ [ˈhõ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁõ/ [ˈχõ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁõ/

Noun

ROM f (plural ROMs)

1. (electronics, video games) ROM

Derived terms

• memória ROM

Further reading

• “ROM”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026