read-only memory

noun

: rom

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In June, Project Zero researcher Maddie Stone detailed an in-the-wild exploit for the Pixel 6, where bugs in the ARM GPU driver could let a non-privileged user get write access to read-only memory. —

Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 28 Nov. 2022 The trick was to leverage the HDMI cable's I2C EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory). —

Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2022 In addition to the 36k words of read-only memory for the core programming, the AGC had a trivial 2k words of RAM—necessary for the operating system, process management, recovery, and global variables for all mission phases. —

Frank O’brien, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2020 Because the bootrom is contained in read-only memory inside a chip, jailbreak vulnerabilities that reside there can't be patched. —

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2019 This speculative execution can even do other things that wouldn't be allowed: for example, Intel processors allow speculative writes to be made to read-only memory, giving even more power to an attacker. —

Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 10 July 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of read-only memory was in 1961

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“Read-only memory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/read-only%20memory. Accessed 9 Jun. 2023.

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