READ ONLY MEMORY (ROM)
\ɹˈiːd ˈə͡ʊnli mˈɛməɹˌi ɹˈɒm], \ɹˈiːd ˈəʊnli mˈɛməɹˌi ɹˈɒm], \ɹ_ˈiː_d ˈəʊ_n_l_i m_ˈɛ_m_ə_ɹ_ˌi__ ɹ_ˈɒ_m]\
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Specifically: Memory chips that come with specific information programmed into them and not erasable by the user or lost when power is off. General: Storage media that comes loaded with prerecorded data cannot be used to record new information.
By Henry Campbell Black
Word of the day
Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.