Rom

¹

[rohm]

noun

plural

Roms ,

plural

Rom .

1. an individual member of the Romani people, or Roma, especially a man or boy.

ROM

²

[rom]

noun

1. computer memory in which program instructions, operating procedures, or other data are permanently stored, generally on electronic chips during manufacture, and that ordinarily cannot be changed by the user.

rom.

³

abbreviation

1. roman (printing type).

Rom.

⁴

abbreviation

1. Roman.

2. Romance. Also Rom

3. Romania.

4. Romanian. Also Rom

5. Romanic. Also Rom

6. Bible.,  Romans (New Testament).

rom.

¹

abbreviation

1. roman (type)

Rom.

²

abbreviation

1. Roman

2. Romance (languages)

3. Bible Romans

4. Romania(n)

Rom

³

/ rɒm /

noun

1. a male Gypsy

ROM

⁴

/ rɒm /

acronym

1. read only memory: a storage device that holds data permanently and cannot in normal circumstances be altered by the programmer

ROM

1. Short for read-only memory. Computer hardware that stores programs or data that cannot be added to, modified, or deleted. ROM does not require power to maintain its contents, and is often used to save instructions that enable the computer's operating system to communicate with other hardware.

ROM

1. Acronym for r ead o nly m emory, which refers to a memory system, such as a commercial CD, which can be read but which cannot be altered. (Compare RAM.)

Sensitive Note

See gypsy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ROM¹

First recorded in 1835–45; from Romani: “man, married man”; compare Sanskrit ḍomba, ḍoma “a low-caste minstrel,” probably from a Dravidian language; compare Kannada ḍomba, ḍoma, Tamil dommara “caste of jugglers”

Origin of ROM²

r(ead)-o(nly) m(emory)

Word History and Origins

Origin of ROM¹

Romany

Example Sentences

"My son Rom is dying, starving, and tortured. You can see in his eyes that he no longer wants to live. There is nothing harder a father can witness when he cannot do anything," he said, according to the Haaretz newspaper.

From BBC

They included Ofir Braslavski, the father of Rom Braslavski, 21, who was seen emaciated and injured in a video sent by his Islamic Jihad captors in early August.

From BBC

The footage of Rom Blaslavski and Evyatar David, both kidnapped from the Nova festival on 7 October 2023, has shocked and appalled Israelis.

From BBC

The footage of Evyatar was released after Palestinian Islamic Jihad published video of another hostage, Rom Braslavski, thin and crying.

From BBC

The calls come after the Palestinian Islamic Jihad published video of Rom Braslavski, thin and crying, on Thursday, and Hamas released footage of an emaciated Evyatar David on Saturday.

From BBC

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