English > read-only storage: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed. |
|---|
| Synonyms | read-only memory, ROM, fixed storage |
|---|
| Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
|---|
| Narrower | CD-ROM, compact disc read-only memory | A compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system) |
|---|
| erasable programmable read-only memory, EPROM | (computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data |
| Broader | memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board | An electronic memory device |
|---|