read-only memory

Questions about read-only memory

What does read-only memory mean?

read-only memory means "(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed".

What is another word for read-only memory?

Close synonyms include ROM, read-only storage, fixed storage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is read-only memory a common word?

read-only memory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.