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  2. Read-only memory - Wikipedia

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    Read-only memory (ROM) is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices. Data stored in ROM cannot be electronically modified after the manufacture of the memory device. Read-only memory is useful for storing software that is rarely changed during the life of the system, also known as firmware.

  3. Programmable ROM - Wikipedia

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    It is one type of read-only memory (ROM). PROMs are used in digital electronic devices to store permanent data, usually low level programs such as firmware or microcode. The key difference from a standard ROM is that the data is written into a ROM during manufacture, while with a PROM the data is programmed into them after manufacture. Thus ...

  4. Firmware - Wikipedia

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    Firmware is stored in non-volatile memory – either read-only memory (ROM) or programmable memory such as EPROM, EEPROM, or flash. Changing a device's firmware stored in ROM requires physically replacing the memory chip – although some chips are not designed to be removed after manufacture.

  5. Boot ROM - Wikipedia

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    Boot ROM is a piece of read-only memory (ROM) that is used for booting a computer system. [1] It contains instructions that are run after the CPU is reset to the reset vector , and it typically loads a bootloader .

  6. Computer memory - Wikipedia

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    This way, only the offending program crashes, and other programs are not affected by the misbehavior (whether accidental or intentional). Use of protected memory greatly enhances both the reliability and security of a computer system. Without protected memory, it is possible that a bug in one program will alter the memory used by another program.

  7. ROM image - Wikipedia

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    Intelligent Systems ROM burner for the Nintendo DS. A ROM image, or ROM file, is a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a read-only memory chip, often from a video game cartridge, or used to contain a computer's firmware, or from an arcade game's main board.

  8. Booting - Wikipedia

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    Early computers used a variety of ad-hoc methods to get a small program into memory to solve this problem. The invention of read-only memory (ROM) of various types solved this paradox by allowing computers to be shipped with a start up program, stored in the boot ROM of the computer, that could not be erased. Growth in the capacity of ROM has ...

  9. Rom - Wikipedia

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    Read-only memory, a type of storage media that is used in computers and other electronic devices ROM cartridge, a portable form of read-only memory; ROM image, a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a read-only memory chip; ROM (MUD), a popular MUD codebase; Request Of Maintainer, a request by the maintainer of a software package