ROM (Memória Somente Leitura)
1. Read-Only Memory; a type of computer memory that permanently stores data and cannot be easily modified or removed
The BIOS firmware is stored in ROM to ensure it survives power cycles.
O firmware BIOS é armazenado em ROM para garantir que sobreviva aos ciclos de energia.
2. A storage device or cartridge containing fixed data, commonly used in video games and early computing
Classic Nintendo games came on ROM cartridges that plugged directly into the console.
Os jogos clássicos do Nintendo vinham em cartuchos ROM que se conectavam diretamente ao console.
ROM is a technical term widely understood in both Brazilian and Portuguese tech communities. In Brazil, it gained cultural significance during the arcade and console gaming boom of the 1980s-1990s, when ROM cartridges were the standard for home video games. Today, it remains a standard term in IT education and gaming culture across all Portuguese-speaking countries.
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