ROM
12
4.7
- noun
- /rɑm/
- Jargon
:
archivo ROM
- The gaming community often shares ROM hacks to enhance old video games.
- CD-ROM
- inversion ROM
- ROM and speed
So the people that are flashing ROMs has probably gone down quite a bit.
- So the people that are flashing ROMs has probably gone down quite a bit.
Examples
-
This is clearly a fire Red leaf Green ROM hack Oak.
-
Also available is a CD-ROM containing 170 of the EPA Office of Solid Waste's most frequently requested documents.
Academic text (2000) -
It's got ACD ROM that I have never used.
-
Let me show you using our wonderful PVCD ROM exactly why that is.
-
So I'm sorry, but you can't just throw any old ROM at this thing and see the whole level.
-
The immediate application of CD-ROM to music education is through library searches.
Academic text (1992) -
The Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry has released a CD-ROM for use in elementary and middle schools.
Academic text (2001) -
No audio CD unit of which I am aware connects directly to computers, but CD-ROM drives do.
Academic text (1992) -
On the shelf, I see rows of CD-ROM packages entitled Civilization.
Academic text (2000) -
The Mik Mik has some ancient and buggy ROMs hosted along with some great stuff.
Blog text (22)
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
ROM = memory (semi-transparent) = R + O + M
As an initialism of 'read-only memory', the mapping to the expansion and thus the meaning 'copy of data from read-only memory' is straightforward. [Postprocessing: changed transparency from 'transparent' to 'semi-transparent' for abbreviation]
Etymology
ROM is also used for a digital file that is a copy of a device's read-only memory, like a digital copy of a game cartridge used with an emulator, a program that acts like the old game system. That's why a ROM file contains the game's data so you can play it on another computer.