ＲＯＭ|ロムromu

1. noun, computingread-only memory; ROM
2. noun, Internetlurker (in an online community)abbr. of "read-only member"

• Synonym読み出し専用メモリよみだしせんようメモリWrittenA Japanese translation of the term, found mostly in technical writing; unlike 「ＲＯＭ」, it never refers to a lurker who only reads posts in an online community.
• SynonymリードオンリーメモリNeutralPhonetic rendering of the English full name with the final long vowel dropped; same meaning, but 「ＲＯＭ」 is the usual everyday choice, and it has no lurker sense.
• SynonymリードオンリーメモリーNeutralA phonetic rendering of the English full name, same meaning; longer than the abbreviation, so 「ＲＯＭ」 is what people normally say, and it has no lurker sense.
• Synonym読み出し専用メモリーWrittenThe long-vowel spelling of 「読み出し専用メモリ」; like it, a written-style name for read-only memory only, with no lurker sense.
• RelatedROMNeutralHalf-width spelling of 「ＲＯＭ」 with exactly the same meanings — read-only memory or an online lurker; full- versus half-width is only a difference of letterforms.
• AntonymＲＡＭラムNeutralRandom-access memory, which can be read and written at any time; it is the opposite of read-only 「ＲＯＭ」 in whether data can be written.
• AntonymRAMNeutralHalf-width spelling of 「ＲＡＭ」; random-access memory, the opposite of 「ＲＯＭ」 in whether data can be written.

Both read-only memory and a person who reads posts without ever writing any are called 「ＲＯＭ」. For the full term use 「読み出し専用メモリ」; memory you can both read and write is 「ＲＡＭ」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. データを読み込よみこむことはできても、書き込かきこむことができないコンピュータの記憶装置きおくそうち。
2. インターネットの掲示板けいじばんやチャットなどで、書き込かきこみをせず他人たにんの投稿とうこうを読よむだけの人ひと。