Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Computer Science Memory hardware that can be programmed only once.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A colloquial shortening of promenade.
- n. An abbreviation of promontory.
Wiktionary
- 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. 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.)
WordNet 3.0
- n. a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
Etymologies
- p(rogrammable) r(ead-)o(nly) m(emory). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Second, the extrapolation from apoptosis to preterm PROM and fetal demise is still far from proven in this setting.”
“PROM (programmable read-only memory): A PROM is a memory chip on which you can store a program.”
“As the venue for our Law School Prom (yes, I did indeed say "PROM"), this hotel was very average.”
“LIL WAYNE BRINGS FACEBOOK TO 'PROM': Rapper to perform new single live today on social networking site.”
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“ALABAMA MIGHT PREVENT UNDOCUMENTED KIDS FROM GOING TO PROM - Immigration opponents often cite alleged upticks in crime that stem from an increased flow of new residents across the border.”
“Cara poked around in the cabinets for a clean glass and finally pulled down a coffee mug reading SHERMAN HIGH JUNIOR PROM COURT, 2005.”
“ZOMBIE PROM," Prince William Little Theatre performs a musical about a high school senior who drives his motorcycle into an atomic power plant and comes out a zombie determined to graduate. 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 2 p.m.”
The Washington Post: Prince William County community calendar, May 6 to 13, 2010
“Alas, my dream has never come true, but at least if the reader looks up startled I can tell her that I, too, enjoyed Sarah Dessen's LOCK AND KEY, Laurie Halse Anderson's PROM, or Shannon Hale's BOOK OF A THOUSAND DAYS.”
“PROM by Katie Wech - "High school students prepare for their prom.”
The Huffington Post: Melissa Silverstein: Sexism Watch: The 2010 Black List
“In fact, it was on my prom night and the unwittingly exposed girl was the PROM QUEEN and one of the “popular crowd”.”
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