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  Read-only memory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some ROMs can be erased and re-programmed multiple times, although they are still referred to as "read only" because the reprogramming process involves relatively infrequent, complete erasure and reprogramming, not the frequent, bit- or word at a time updating that is possible with RAM (random access memory).
The perforated metal character mask ("stencil") in Charactron cathode ray tubes was used as ROM to shape a wide electron beam to form a selected character shape on the screen either for display or overlay on a video signal.
Illegal distribution and trade of these "ROM images" is hugely popular in software piracy circles, where the files are commonly referred to as "roms" (or even "romz", which has a connotation with "warez") even though the term is technically incorrect.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Read_only_memory   (1530 words)

  
 Rom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ROM image, a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a read-only memory chip
Rom, Deux-Sèvres, France, a commune in the Deux-Sèvres département
Rom the Spaceknight, a fictional character from the Marvel Comics universe
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ROM   (281 words)

  
 STARTREK.COM : Biography
Rom was often teased by other children, led by Quark, about his smaller lobes and about supposedly being adopted; the nickname of "Moogie" for his mother has been a lifelong habit since an early age.
Rom was living on DS9 by 2369, where he was forced to temporarily give up his quarters across the hall from Quark's for the Nagus visit, and allowed Nog to attend Keiko's school on the station only if it helped his inter-cultural sense for profit-making.
Rom is far from an innocent, though: he routinely breaks in to use furniture, linens, food and drink for the bar and Quark's personal stores; he denies shaving the latinum there — mostly.
www.startrek.com /startrek/view/library/character/bio/1114012.html   (797 words)

  
 Rom (o)
Identity: Rom’s existence was known to the people of Galador, the Dire Wraiths, and to many in the U.S. government and military, as well as to many of Earth’s super-human adventurers and the populace of Clairton, Virginia.
Rom assisted the mutant Forge in the creation of a larger protoype of his Neutralizer to banish the Wraithworld to Limbo.
Rom, the first of millions to volunteer in response to the public call, was one of a few hundred to be accepted and undergo conversion.
www.norse-man.net /Marvel/Char-R/Rom.htm   (1288 words)

  
 ROM - The Four Minute CrossTrainer - Questions & Answers
The ROM machine gives a performance score at the end of the 4 minute workout and that score is a composite evaluation of the total work performed and therefore is a reflection of the average VO2 measurement over the 4 minute period.
The ROM simply measures the total work performed during the 4 minute workout and expresses that into a score that reflects the ability of your body to perform work, which in turn is a direct reflection of the condition of your cardio-vascular system.
The ROM workout costs 4 minutes at the end of which you get a score that tells you what shape you are in and the other methods of exercise that deliver the same benefits as from a ROM 4 minute workout cost from 45 to 90 minutes of time.
www.fastexercise.com /QandA.cfm   (6435 words)

  
 Rom - Memory Alpha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Rom had a good relationship with his son Nog, although there were times that they did not see eye to eye.
Rom would have to deal with Nog's depression after his son was wounded in a battle with the Dominion and lost a leg.
Rom and Quark took him back to the wormhole and asked that the materialistic Zek be returned and promise that the Ferengi would no longer bother the Prophets.
www.memory-alpha.org /en/index.php/Rom   (1850 words)

  
 Read-Only Memory from FOLDOC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
ROM is inherently non-volatile storage - it retains its contents even when the power is switched off, in contrast to RAM.
ROM is often used to hold programs for embedded systems since these usually have a fixed purpose.
ROM is also used for storage of the lowest level bootstrap software (firmware) in a computer.
foldoc.org /foldoc/foldoc.cgi?ROM   (135 words)

  
 What is ROM? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
ROM is referred to as being nonvolatile, whereas RAM is volatile.
In addition, ROMs are used extensively in calculators and peripheral devices such as laser printers, whose fonts are often stored in ROMs.
A variation of a ROM is a PROM (programmable read-only memory).
www.webopedia.com /TERM/R/ROM.html   (361 words)

  
 Bug Eyed Monster - Rom the Space Knight
Rom the Space Knight has two red LEDs for eyes that light up, two red LEDs in his chest that pulse, and two red LEDs in his rocket packs that pulse when his jets are turned on.
Rom launched with a comic book by Marvel that actually faired better than the toy.
In the comic, Rom's mortal enemies were the Dire Wraiths, nebulous energy beings that could appear as humans.
www.bugeyedmonster.com /toys/rom   (248 words)

  
 Define read-only memory - a definition from Whatis.com - see also: ROM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
ROM is "built-in" computer memory containing data that normally can only be read, not written to.
ROM contains the programming that allows your computer to be "booted up" or regenerated each time you turn it on.
Unlike a computer's random access memory (RAM), the data in ROM is not lost when the computer power is turned off.
whatis.techtarget.com /definition/0,,sid9_gci214271,00.html   (163 words)

  
 Rom, Spaceknight Revisited
These are the words used to introduce the reader to Rom in the early issues of Rom, Spaceknight.
The Rom character is based on an electronic action figure produced by Parker Brothers in 1979.
ROM is trademark and copyright 1979 Parker Brothers (a brand of Hasbro) and used without permission.
home.hiwaay.net /~lkseitz/comics/Rom   (850 words)

  
 Rivers of MUD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Rivers of MUD was a Diku and Merc based multiuser dungeon.
After far-too-many-years, ROM vanished on 2006-04-01 at 1 second after midnight PST.
Download the most recent public release of ROM source code.
www.rom.org   (145 words)

  
 HP 49 ROM Updates
Copy over the upgrade script file (upgrade.scp) and the ROM update file (usually has the extension.bin and should be around 1.4MB) to the root directory of the SD card.
If your calculator shows anything less than the latest ROM version (1.18 is the latest official ROM and 1.19-6 is the latest beta ROM), it is time for an upgrade.
ROM image from the HP 39G/40G that can be installed on the 49G to make the 49 act like a 39.
www.hpcalc.org /hp49/pc/rom   (1402 words)

  
 Introduction to Memory Types - RAM, ROM, SRAM, DRAM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash, NVRAM
Memories in the ROM family are distinguished by the methods used to write new data to them (usually called programming), and the number of times they can be rewritten.
This classification reflects the evolution of ROM devices from hardwired to programmable to erasable-and-programmable.
The contents of the ROM had to be specified before chip production, so the actual data could be used to arrange the transistors inside the chip.
www.netrino.com /Publications/Glossary/MemoryTypes.html   (1219 words)

  
 ROM - The Four Minute CrossTrainer
ROM stands for “Range of Motion” because you exercise all your muscles throughout over 80% of their range of motion.
The third problem are so called “experts” (personal trainers, doctors, etc.) when asked for their opinion about our 4 minute ROM machine, they will not even bother to inform themselves, read anything about it or try it out before giving their negative opinion or even ridiculing our ROM.
You will learn why the ROM 4 minute workout actually is the absolute least expensive and most effective method to improve health and fitness.
www.fastexercise.com   (556 words)

  
 Downloading Amiga "Kickstart ROMs"
The Amiga ROMs, which are required for the Amiga emulation environment to boot into a functional Amiga OS and then play games and run other Amiga software, are included in Amiga Forever.
After the Amiga 1000, this disk-based functionality was later moved to ROM, but the "Kickstart" name remained popular to refer to what would be more accurately referred to as the "Amiga ROM", or the ROM-resident part of the Amiga OS.
A "Kickstart ROM" or "Kick ROM" alone is not enough to boot into a functioning Amiga (although some games and demos come on disks which include minimal OS (or OS-replacement) functionality.
www.amigaforever.com /kb/5-109.html   (291 words)

  
 Howstuffworks "How ROM Works"
Read-only memory (ROM), also known as firmware, is an integrated circuit programmed with specific data when it is manufactured.
ROM chips are used not only in computers, but in most other electronic items as well.
Watch Marshall Brain's computer tour to learn how the seven basic components of a PC work and where they're located.
computer.howstuffworks.com /rom.htm   (114 words)

  
 Rom Hustler - Download Snes roms Mame roms N64 roms GBA roms Genesis roms
If you have problems with getting a rom and/or emulator to work I refer you to the forums that are located on the site.
Rom servers down -- Sorry to inform you guys, but currently the rom servers are down.
N64 roms should be back up within 24 hours if everything goes well.
www.romhustler.net   (2119 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for ISO 639 code: rom
The code rom is classified in ISO 639 as an individual language code.
In practice, however, it appears to be a collection of related languages that comprise all the members of a single genetic subgroup.
Reported to be 81,000 Rom in Poland (1993 Johnstone).
www.ethnologue.com /show_iso639.asp?code=rom   (242 words)

  
 MY ROMs.com : GBA Roms NDS
For Emu Gamers ROMS mean - Game data extracted/backup from the original game cartridge and stored on a computer for later use in roms emulator or restoring backups data to a Flash Card and playing it on the console.
The actual legality of ROM downloading depends on the country, although most arcade games are still protected by copyright in almost all jurisdictions, and will remain so for decades yet.
Someone who obtains a set of ROM images probably faces a much smaller legal liability than someone who has distributed ROMs to several other people, and will usually not be prosecuted as it is not profitable for the company.
www.myroms.com   (1054 words)

  
 ROM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The ROM comic book was started as a promotion to spur sales of the ROM action figure, manufactured by Parker Brothers.
Due to the legal issues surrounding the character, it is extremely unlikely at this point that Marvel will ever put out another ROM comic.
Marvel does, however, still own the right to everything ELSE in the comic, and in fact are planning a miniseries, titled 'SpaceKnights' about a new generation of Galadorians, including two of ROM's descendants.
pages.prodigy.net /xis/rom1.htm   (121 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: rom
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 ROM List
Individual pages for ROM Shelties are now in the file for all ROM Shelties, though not all have complete lists of Champion offspring.
Johnny's dam, Sea Isle Dusky Belle, was the dam of 3 Champions and 2 non Champion ROM daughters, so the Duke of Erle puts her up to an effective count of 6.
I want to emphasize that these extra dogs are not ROM Shelties, but I think their contributions are worth noting.
bowlingsite.mcf.com /ROM/ROM.html   (578 words)

  
 Software and Drivers - download HP iPAQ hx4700 Pocket PC Series ROM Update, 1.10
After this ROM update has been installed, it is also necessary to install the HP iPAQ hx4700 Pocket PC Series Firmware Update for ROM Version 1.10 to restore the extended battery capacity value to its original, setting.
The RUU is designed to replace the current ROM image and to erase the partnership and all user data and programs on the handheld.
The total time to perform this ROM update is estimated at 20 minutes with a USB connection.
h18007.www1.hp.com /support/files/HandheldiPAQ/us/download/22658.html   (906 words)

  
 MAME ROM Links
Since ROMS cannot be backed up without expensive machines that not everyone has access to, the ROM images that are linked to here, are provided to the public as a service.
Packaging a ROM and an emulator together could get the authors of the emulators into trouble, which would result in no updates to the emulators.
This site's sole purpose is to provide a service to those who don't have access to a ROM backup machine (by means of links to ROM sites), but would like to preserve their games.
www.mameromlinks.com   (724 words)

  
 ROM Accelerator
ROAM copies the ROM into RAM, and then causes the ROM memory to be accessed from the RAM based copy instead of from the actual ROM DIMM.
Using the "Deactivate" button in ROAM is for ROM hacking purposes.
It might not be possible to load and execute the NewWorld ROM on older PowerMacintoshes.
www.stg.com /employees/sbytnar/projects/rom_accelerator.html   (978 words)

  
 FAQ - Dmoz/Computers/Emulators
A ROM image (sometimes called a ROM file, or just a ROM) is the software that an emulator can run.
The general consensus among the emulation community is that it is okay so long as the developers/manufacteurs are no longer making a significant profit from the hardware being emulated or the ROM image being run.
The reason for most of the fuss that you hear about emulation is that people download the ROM images without having made the physical purchase, theoretically taking sales away from the producers of those images.
dmoz.org /Computers/Emulators/faq.html   (511 words)

  
 ROMNation.NET - Roms and Emulators - Gba roms Snes roms N64 roms MAME roms Nes roms and more
As a sidenote, the slow download speeds experienced after the downtime were caused by some network problems that were resolved as well.
Please note NeoGeo CD roms are only available for download to RN Freedom Pass subscribers.
Please note that due to their very large filesizes NeoGeo CD roms are only available for download to RN Freedom Pass subscribers.
www.romnation.net   (535 words)

  
 ROM-World.com - Rom Downloads - MAME roms Gba roms Snes roms Nintendo roms Sega Genesis roms
Right now I am backing up all the rom files and later this week I will be setting up the new server.
While other rom sites may not do the same, we suggest you stay away from them to help keep the gaming industry prosperous.
I hope this also clears up a few things for those who were wondering why we have 30,000 ROMs and Mario rom downloads are no where to be found.
www.rom-world.com   (545 words)

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