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Origin of Rom 1835–45; < Romany: a married man; compare Sanskrit ḍomba, ḍoma a low-caste minstrel
computer memory in which program instructions, operating procedures, or other data are permanently stored, generally on electronic chips during manufacture, and that ordinarily cannot be changed by the user. Show More
Origin of ROM r(ead)-o(nly) m(emory)
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Examples from the Web for rom Contemporary Examples of rom We are left with stalwart genres (action, rom com) and classic roles (prude, seductress, jock, backstory-less best friend).
William will be back flying helicopters on his regular shifts in Wales rom today.
The writers winked at this when Taystee wanted a hairdo inspired by the black best friend in a rom com.
I was watching basketball on TV with my 14-year-old son Jesse, who is a Rom adopted at age 4½ from an orphanage in Bulgaria.
Historical Examples of rom Often they wished to go to a place, but were prevented, as Paul writes, Rom .
In English gypsy, the same words are expressed by Rom , rom ni, and rom nipen.
And Rom was the general slang of the road, and it came from the Rom s or Trablūs.
You know that no Gorgios are so long-winded on genealogies as old mothers in Rom .
On Sunday morning he occupied the pulpit, preaching from Rom .
British Dictionary definitions for rom Word Origin for Rom Romany
read only memory: a storage device that holds data permanently and cannot in normal circumstances be altered by the programmer Show More
Roman Romance (languages) Bible Romans Romania(n) Show More
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Word Origin and History for rom "male gypsy," 1841, see Romany .
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Short for read-only memory. Computer hardware that stores programs or data that cannot be added to, modified, or deleted. ROM does not require power to maintain its contents, and is often used to save instructions that enable the computer's operating system to communicate with other hardware. Show More
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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Acronym for r ead o nly m emory, which refers to a memory system, such as a commercial CD, which can be read but which cannot be altered. (Compare RAM .)
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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