COHERENT manpages
This page displays the COHERENT manpage for read-only memory [Definition].
List of available manpages
Index
read-only memory -- Definition As its name suggests, read-only memory, or ROM, is memory that can be read but not overwritten. It most often is used to store material that is used frequently or in key situations, such as a language interpreter or a boot routine. See Also Programming COHERENT, random access