read-only memory

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolmemoria de solo lectura memoria ROM

Françaismémoire à lecture seule mémoire fixe mémoire mortemémoire ROM

DeutschFestwertspeicher Nur-Lese-Speicher

15 more languages

BosanskiRom

Cymraegcof darllen yn unig

DanskRom

Ελληνικάμνήμη μόνο ανάγνωσης

Suomilukumuisti

Gaeilgecuimhne inléite amháin

HrvatskiRom

Íslenskalesminni

Italianomemoria a sola lettura memoria ROM

日本語ROM リードオンリーメモリ読み出し専用メモリ

KurdîRom

Македонскимеморија само за читање

Portuguêsmemória ROM memória somente de leitura

РусскийПЗУ постоянное запоминающее устро́йство

СрпскиRom

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

read-through Read-write read/write head Readability Readable Readableness

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