ROM

noun, adj — 11 senses

ROM

nounalso spelled Rom

/ɹɒm/ · /ɹɑm/

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

8 senses
  1. 1Acronym of read-only memory.
  2. 2A software image of read-only memory (as of a game…
  3. 3The nonvolatile internal storage, often a solid-state…
  4. 4Initialism of range of motion.
  5. 5Acronym of rupture of membranes.
  6. 6Initialism of return on margin.
  7. 7Initialism of rough order of magnitude: An informal cost…
  8. 8Initialism of run of month.
1

Business, Computing, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics, Sciences Abbreviation, Acronym Acronym of read-only memory.

2

Video games A software image of read-only memory (as of a game cartridge) used in emulation.

3

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Broadly The nonvolatile internal storage, often a solid-state drive, on a mobile device or computer.

4

Medicine, Sciences Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of range of motion.

5

Medicine, Sciences Abbreviation, Acronym Acronym of rupture of membranes.

6

Business, Finance Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of return on margin.

7

Abbreviation, Initialism 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.

Estimating and purchasing

8

Advertising, Business, Marketing Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of run of month.

Derived terms
bootROM, EEPROM, EPROM, LV-ROM, New World ROM, Old World ROM, PROM, ROMable, romhack, rompler, romset
Related terms
RAM, flash memory, write-only memory, WOM, WORM

Rom

adj

UK /ɹəʊm/ · US /ɹoʊm/

Etymology From Romani rrom (“Romani man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”). See some more information at Roma. Doublet of Dom. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information. Not related to Romanian or Roman.

1

Rare Romani: of or pertaining to the Roma people.

Rom

noun

Etymology From Romani rrom (“Romani man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”). See some more information at Roma. Doublet of Dom. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information. Not related to Romanian or Roman.

1

A member of the Romani people.

2

In particular A male member of the Romani people who is married and considered respectable amongst the family.

Synonyms
Romani, Roma, Gypsy, gypsy, tzigane

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for ROM and Rom.