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a ROM
ROM 指单个存储芯片时可数，可用 a ROM。
This device has a ROM that stores the startup program.
这个设备有一个只读存储器，用来存储启动程序。
只读存储器
roms — plural of rom
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
只读存储器
read-only memory
This device has a ROM that stores the startup program.
这个设备有一个只读存储器，用来存储启动程序。
用于模拟的只读存储器软件镜像(如游戏卡带)
A software image of read-only memory (as of a game cartridge) used in emulation.
罗姆人(吉普赛人)的成员
A member of the Romani people.
移动设备或计算机上的非易失性内部存储,通常为固态硬盘
The nonvolatile internal storage, often a solid-state drive, on a mobile device or computer.
罗姆人中已婚且受家族尊敬的男性成员
A male member of the Romani people who is married and considered respectable amongst the family.
The washing machine's basic settings are saved in a ROM chip, so they stay the same after a power cut.
洗衣机的基本设置保存在 ROM 芯片中，因此断电后也不会改变。
Many old arcade machines used ROMs to store their game data permanently.
许多旧式街机使用 ROM 来永久保存游戏数据。
If the program is written into the ROM, it cannot be changed by the user.
如果程序写入 ROM，用户就无法更改它。
ROM 指单个存储芯片时可数，可用 a ROM。
This device has a ROM that stores the startup program.
这个设备有一个只读存储器，用来存储启动程序。
ROM 的复数形式为 ROMs，指多块只读存储器。
The engineer replaced the faulty ROMs in the control panel.
工程师更换了控制面板中有故障的只读存储器。
当作存储介质讲时，ROM 通常不可数，不加冠词。
The firmware is stored in ROM.
固件存储在只读存储器中。
Not this
My computer is slow because it doesn't have enough ROM.
Use this
My computer is slow because it doesn't have enough RAM.
ROM（只读存储器）只能读不能写，不能作为运行程序的内存；影响计算机运行速度的是RAM（随机存取存储器）。这两个概念容易混淆。
Not this
The technician installed three ROM in the server.
Use this
The technician installed three ROMs in the server.
当ROM指具体的只读存储器芯片时是可数名词，复数要加-s；汉语名词没有复数形式，所以学习者容易漏掉-s。
Not this
My new phone has 256GB ROM, so I can take lots of photos.
Use this
My new phone has 256GB of storage, so I can take lots of photos.
中文手机术语常把机身存储称为“ROM”，但英语中ROM特指只读存储器，不能表示可用存储空间；表示存储容量应用storage或internal storage。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
只读存储器芯片
The ROM chip stores the startup instructions for the computer.
ROM芯片存储计算机的启动指令。
只读存储器内容
The ROM contents can be read but not changed.
只读存储器的内容可以读取，但不能更改。
只读光盘
The application was installed from a CD-ROM.
该应用程序是从只读光盘安装的。
嵌入式只读存储器
The firmware is stored in the embedded ROM.
固件存储在嵌入式只读存储器中。
只读存储器卡带
Older video game consoles used ROM cartridges.
较老的游戏机使用只读存储器卡带。
Use roms naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
ROM 是 Read-Only Memory 的缩写，记住 R-O-M 三个字母：只能读（Read）、不能改（Only），即只读存储器。
语域：neutral 常见场景：technical documentation、hardware specifications、academic computing contexts ROM（只读存储器）是计算机领域的专业术语，语气通常为中性；多用于技术文档、硬件说明和学术论述，在日常口语中不太常见。
For the usual /rɒm/ sense of rom (read-only memory), bomb, Tom and prom rhyme. Rome and home look similar but are pronounced /rəʊm/ and /həʊm/, so they do not rhyme. Phantom contains -tom but the vowel is reduced to /təm/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.