read-only memory
noun1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A computer memory chip that stores values but does not allow updates, in which the values are nonvolatile in that they are retained even when the computer is unpowered.
- Synonyms
- ROM
- Antonyms
- write-only memory
- Related terms
- random access memory, RAM, flash memory
- Hypernyms
- nonvolatile
- Hyponyms
- mask read-only memory, masked read-only memory, programmable read-only memory