read-only storage

Questions about read-only storage

What does read-only storage mean?

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

What is another word for read-only storage?

Close synonyms include read-only memory, ROM, 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 storage a common word?

read-only storage 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.