Rom
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Rom, or ROM may refer to:
Biomechanics and medicine
[edit]- Risk of mortality, a medical classification to estimate the likelihood of death for a patient
- Rupture of membranes, a term used during pregnancy to describe a rupture of the amniotic sac
- Range of motion, e.g. of joints in physiotherapy
Computers and mathematics
[edit]- Android ROM, a file containing executable instructions of an Android OS
- 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
Engineering
[edit]- Range of motion, the distance that a movable object may normally travel while properly attached to another object
- RFID on metal, radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags which perform a specific function when attached to metal objects
- Rough order of magnitude, a type of cost estimation
Fiction and entertainment
[edit]- Ethan Rom, one of the Others in the TV series Lost
- Rom (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero based on the Parker Brothers toy of the same name
- Rom (Star Trek), a Ferengi character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Rom, a fictional character in Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2
- Runes of Magic, a popular MMORPG
- Rom, a boss in the videogame Bloodborne
- Read-Only Memory (publisher), a British publisher of art books related to the Britsoft era of video game development
- Rom (album)
Places and structures
[edit]- River Rom, England
- Rom (river), Switzerland and Italy
- Rom, Afghanistan, a village in Sar-e Pol province, Afghanistan
- Rom, Deux-Sèvres, a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France
- Rom (Mecklenburg), a community in the district of Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Rom, a district of Morsbach in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Rom, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran
- Royal Ontario Museum, a museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- The Rom, skatepark in Hornchurch, East London, England
- Romania, UNDP code and former IOC code
Society
[edit]- Rom (plural Roma), one of the ethnic designations used by the Romani people
- rom, Romani language, language code ISO 639 alpha-2
- Rom or ROM, system of Indigenous Australian customary law
- ROM ceremony, a Yolngu ceremonial practice
Other uses
[edit]- Return on margin, a judge of performance based on the net gain or net loss compared to the perceived risk
- Refuel On the Move, a DoD logistic action
- Epistle to the Romans, a book of the Bible commonly abbreviated Rom.