2006-10-31 17:49:47 · 16 answers · asked by Deepak A 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Games & Gear
Read Only Memory.
2006-10-31 17:54:11 · answer #1 · answered by jambo 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pronounced rahm, acronym for read-only memory, computer memory on which data has been prerecorded. Once data has been written onto a ROM chip, it cannot be removed and can only be read.
Unlike main memory (RAM), ROM retains its contents even when the computer is turned off. ROM is referred to as being nonvolatile, whereas RAM is volatile.
Most personal computers contain a small amount of ROM that stores critical programs such as the program that boots the computer. In addition, ROMs are used extensively in calculators and peripheral devices such as laser printers, whose fonts are often stored in ROMs.
A variation of a ROM is a PROM (programmable read-only memory). PROMs are manufactured as blank chips on which data can be written with a special device called a PROM programmer .
2006-11-01 02:10:34 · answer #2 · answered by A c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ROM is short for read only memory. That is where the boot information for you PC is stored and what is read every time your PC is started.
ROM is also a term used by gamers who are running console game system emulators on their PC. The game file or ISO file that is loaded into the emulator is also sometimes referred to as a ROM.
2006-11-01 10:46:50 · answer #3 · answered by Steve 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read only memory
The ROM that is Read only memory of a computer is permanent memory which already has some programes in it. As the name indicates, the recorded information can be read for any number of times, but can not be erased. It is manufacture provided memory.
2006-11-04 23:17:03 · answer #4 · answered by Kartik 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ROM is the short form of " read only memory "
it is a hardware . We can only read the contents which are already input it it, we can't change its contents . such as , we use musical / voice calling bell , or a toy with clown laughing, baby crying sounds
If you power on the device you will listen the sounds . but you can't alter it
2006-11-01 02:11:21 · answer #5 · answered by prem1221974 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ROM is the Read Only Memory. I easy to understand terms, it is that memory that can be written to once and whose contents will remain in existance at any point in time.
It cannot be overwritten and can only be read from.
2006-11-01 02:08:21 · answer #6 · answered by VivekT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
read only memory. in rom u can only read data but u cant change the data.
2006-11-01 02:06:32 · answer #7 · answered by mani 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hardware - it's storage memory. Hard drives, floppies, memory cards, etc.
Software - An emulated program that's run based off a collection of images. If the images incomplete, it can't run.
2006-11-01 21:12:54 · answer #8 · answered by Lord of Adders Black 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is Read Only Memory. If Power to the computer fails; It's contents will not be lost. Whereas in RAM (Random Acceess Memory if power to the computer fails all its content will be lost)
2006-11-01 02:00:47 · answer #9 · answered by Tony_Pdkt_TN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well like everyone says...it IS Read Only Memory! and its used for consoles that used cartridges...so if you download an emulator for (atari, nintendo, nintendo 64, sega, etc) then you use ROM's...but if you have an emulator for a console that uses's cd's (ps1/2, xbox1/2, dreamcast, etc) then you use ISO's!!!
2006-11-01 18:22:27 · answer #10 · answered by gabby' 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋