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2007-11-12 12:31:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Video & Online Games
Rom = read only memory (sorry, I rushed orignally when it said RAM)
This is an interesting little gadget when used in the form that you probably encountered it, GBA roms. A gba rom is basically a copy of a GBA cartage on your computer. This "cartrage" requires a emulator of a GBA to run, or something that will emulate a GBA on your computer.
All in all, ROMS, in the context you heard it, are copys of cartrage based games on your computer (i.e. N64, GBA, VBA, ect)
2007-11-12 12:36:24 · answer #1 · answered by d3athbreak911 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ROM = Read Only Memory
The most reconizable form of ROM's are the Nintendo style game cartridges. ROM's are integrated circuits (IC's) which consist of a series of fuses. Each fuse represents a bit and many individual bits make up the memory (8K, 16K 32 K etc)
The ROM's are programmed by addressing a particular bit location in the memory and passing a programming current to teh chip which blows the fuse at the addressed location.
This is why these are read only chips. once a bit fuse is blown it cannot be reset. ROM's are used where software is well defined and needs to be easily mass produced. Other uses for ROM's besides game cartridges were in the old personal PC's like a Commodore 64 or Radio Shack Color computer. The operating system (a BASIC interpreter) was contained on a ROM inside the computer. PC BIOS (Basic Input Output System) chips were also programmed into a ROM.
2007-11-12 12:38:35 · answer #2 · answered by MarkG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The file that the game cartridge holds often used for emulations.
ROM= Read Only Memory
2007-11-12 12:35:18 · answer #3 · answered by rabigale 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋