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
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).