2007-02-24 04:08:45 · 6 answers · asked by hari krishna 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
ROM Stand for Read-Only Memory
Any type of chip or device you can only read and not write/modifiy/delete.
A music CD or DVD movie you buy from the store are ROM. (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM)
The main memory for a computer or a video card, disk or hard-drive or a flash usb key are RAM (Random Access Memory). A type of stockage you can read AND write/modify/delete.
CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, ... are exception and can only write once, after they became ROM memory. (with some tatics you can manage to write many time)
CD-RW and DVD-RAM, are RAM Memory.
2007-02-24 04:24:58 · answer #1 · answered by apoorlonesomegeek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read-Only Memory, ROM is a type of memory that is capable of holding data and being read from; however, it is not capable of being written to or having its data modified. Unlike RAM, ROM is capable of keeping its contents regardless if it has power or not.
eg: EPROM, EEPROM, PROM.
2007-02-24 05:07:35 · answer #2 · answered by kanchis 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read-only memory.
2007-02-24 04:17:48 · answer #3 · answered by Ale 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ROM means Read only memory.It is primary memory of the computer.
2007-02-24 04:19:24 · answer #4 · answered by durgesh nandini j 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Read only memory
The memory that is built into the operating system of a computer that can be accessed, but that cannot be altered.
2007-02-24 04:24:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Read only memory
2007-02-24 06:06:18 · answer #6 · answered by Shemit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋