"PROM" meaning in All languages combined

See PROM on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: PROMs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} PROM (plural PROMs)
  1. (electronics) Programmable read-only memory: A PROM chip 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.) Categories (topical): Electronics Derived forms: EPROM, EEPROM, OTPROM Related terms: ROM, write once, PLA, PAL, FPGA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} PROM (uncountable)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of prelabor rupture of membranes. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: prelabor rupture of membranes Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: PPROM
    Sense id: en-PROM-en-noun-4LjSXCeB Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 62 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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