Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A kind of read-only memory whose contents can be set after manufacture, but only once.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colloquial shortening of promenade.
- noun An abbreviation of
promontory .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- initialism electronics
programmable read-only memory : A PROM chip can be programmedone 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 beenhard-wired to function that way.)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Second, the extrapolation from apoptosis to preterm PROM and fetal demise is still far from proven in this setting.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Tai-Ho Hung et al. 2010
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PROM (programmable read-only memory): A PROM is a memory chip on which you can store a program.
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As the venue for our Law School Prom (yes, I did indeed say "PROM"), this hotel was very average.
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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.
HUFFPOST HILL -GOP Hating On The CFPB Eliot Nelson 2011
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Cara poked around in the cabinets for a clean glass and finally pulled down a coffee mug reading SHERMAN HIGH JUNIOR PROM COURT, 2005.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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Cara poked around in the cabinets for a clean glass and finally pulled down a coffee mug reading SHERMAN HIGH JUNIOR PROM COURT, 2005.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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Cara poked around in the cabinets for a clean glass and finally pulled down a coffee mug reading SHERMAN HIGH JUNIOR PROM COURT, 2005.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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Cara poked around in the cabinets for a clean glass and finally pulled down a coffee mug reading SHERMAN HIGH JUNIOR PROM COURT, 2005.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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"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.
Prince William County community calendar, May 6 to 13, 2010 2010
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