Cyber Glossary
Cyberlaw dictionary is an alphabetical reference guide to technical and legal terms related to the Internet. The site you are now browsing contains over 500 definitions of words drawn from Standard Internet English including technical terms and their meanings. Our aim is to explain basic technical jargon of cyberspace to those who are not familiar with its jargon. We've given preference to terms that are widely used, like modem or bandwidth, and to those that describe new concepts specific to the Internet experience such as phishing or sexting.
ROM
(Read-only Memory) permanent memory used by a computer for essential functions of the operating system. Data cannot be written to, or changed in ROM. Unlike RAM, read-only memory is retained by the computer when it is shut off. The same meaning applies to CD-ROM, a disc, such as one containing a software application that retains data and may not be used for recording.
