PROM

In all senses, by acronymy.

• IPA^(key): /pɹɒm/
• (father-bother merger) IPA^(key): /pɹɑm/
• Rhymes: -ɒm

PROM (plural PROMs)

2. (electronics) Acronym of programmable read-only memory, a chip that can be programmed one or more times (depending on the type) and generally cannot be re-programmed without special equipment (if at all); once programmed and installed in a device, it functions as a read-only chip (as if it had been hard-wired to function that way).

   Hypernyms: ROM, read-only memory < memory

   Hyponyms: EPROM, EEPROM, OTPROM

4. (medicine) Initialism of prelabor rupture of membranes.

   Hypernyms: ROM, rupture of membranes < rupture

   Hyponym: PPROM

6. Initialism of passive range of motion.

   Hypernyms: ROM, range of motion < range

• (programmable read-only memory): EPROM, EEPROM, OTPROM
• (prelabor rupture of membranes): PPROM

• (programmable read-only memory): write once, PLA, PAL, FPGA

• romp