Rom, or ROM may refer to:

Biomechanics and medicine

Risk of mortality The risk of mortality (ROM) provides a medical classification to estimate the likelihood of in-hospital death for a patient. The ROM classes are minor, moderate, major, and extreme. The ROM class is used for the evaluation of patient Death, mortali ...

, a medical classification to estimate the likelihood of death for a patient *

Rupture of membranes Rupture of membranes (ROM) or amniorrhexis is a term used during pregnancy to describe a rupture of the amniotic sac. Normally, it occurs spontaneously at full term either during or at the beginning of labor. Rupture of the membranes is known ...

, a term used during pregnancy to describe a rupture of the amniotic sac *

Range of motion Range of motion (or ROM) is the linear or angular distance that a moving object may normally travel while properly attached to another. In biomechanics and strength training, ROM refers to the angular distance and direction a joint can move be ...

, e.g. of joints in physiotherapy

Computers and mathematics

Android ROM Custom firmware, also known as aftermarket firmware, is an unofficial new or modified version of firmware created by third parties on devices such as video game consoles, mobile phones, and various embedded system, embedded device types to provide ...

, a file containing executable instructions of an Android OS *

Read-only memory Read-only memory (ROM) is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices. Data stored in ROM cannot be electronically modified after the manufacture of the memory device. Read-only memory is useful for storing sof ...

, a type of storage media that is used in computers and other electronic devices **

ROM cartridge A ROM cartridge, usually referred to in context simply as a cartridge, cart, cassette, or card, is a replaceable part designed to be connected to a consumer electronics device such as a home computer, video game console or, to a lesser extent, ...

, a portable form of read-only memory **

ROM image A ROM image, or ROM file, is a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a read-only memory Computer chip, chip, often from a ROM cartridge, video game cartridge, or used to contain a computer's firmware, or from an arcade game's arc ...

, a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a read-only memory chip *

ROM (MUD) DikuMUD is a multiplayer text-based role-playing game, which is a type of multi-user domain ( MUD). It was written in 1990 and 1991 by Sebastian Hammer, Tom Madsen, Katja Nyboe, Michael Seifert, and Hans Henrik Stærfeldt at DIKU (''Datalogisk ...

, a popular MUD codebase * Request Of Maintainer, a request by the maintainer of a software package

Engineering

, 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

Ethan Rom Ethan Rom is a fictional character portrayed by William Mapother on the ABC television show '' Lost''. Introduced in the first season as the main antagonist, Ethan is the surgeon for the antagonistic and mysterious group known as the " Others". ...

, one of the Others in the TV series ''Lost'' *

Rom (comics) Rom the Spaceknight is a superhero who was originally conceived as a toy and then a magazine lead. Rom was created by Scott Dankman, Richard C. Levy, and Bryan L. McCoy for Parker Brothers and is now a Hasbro asset. After the toy was licensed to ...

, 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 is a 2015 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. The game follows a Hunter through the decrepit Gothic, Victorian-era–inspired city of Yharnam, whose inhabita ...

'' *

Read-Only Memory (publisher) Read-Only Memory is a British publisher of art books on topics of video game history and culture. Following a resurgence of interest in 1980s and '90s British video game development, the company crowdfunded and produced four art books: an ...

, a British publisher of art books related to the Britsoft era of video game development * ''Rom'' (album)

Places and structures

River Rom The River Rom, also known as the River Beam below its confluence with the Ravensbourne, is a tributary of the River Thames in England that flows through the east London suburbs around Romford before joining the Thames at Dagenham. Part of the r ...

, England * Rom (river), Switzerland and Italy *

Rom, Afghanistan Rom, Afghanistan is a village in Sar-e Pol Province in northern Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by P ...

, a village in Sar-e Pol province, Afghanistan *

Rom, Deux-Sèvres Rom is a commune situated in the Deux-Sèvres department, in western France.Commune de ...

, a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France *

Rom (Mecklenburg) Rom is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the n ...

, a community in the district of Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany * Rom, a district of

Morsbach Morsbach is a municipality in Oberbergischer Kreis, a district in North Rhine-Westphalia near the border of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. In 2015, Morsbach's population was 10,600. The central village, also named Morsbach, has a population of ...

in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany *

Rom, Iran Rum () is a village in Sedeh Rural District, Sedeh District, Qaen County, South Khorasan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq t ...

, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran *

Royal Ontario Museum The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest in Canada. It attracts more than one million visitors every year ...

, a museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada *

The Rom The Rom is a Grade II listed skatepark in Hornchurch, East London, England. Built in 1978 and designed by Adrian Rolt of G-Force, it is the most completely preserved purpose-built skatepark in England. It is the first skatepark in Europe to ac ...

, skatepark in Hornchurch, East London, England *

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

, UNDP code and former IOC code

Society

* Rom (plural Roma), one of the ethnic designations used by the

Romani people {{Infobox ethnic group , group = Romani people , image = , image_caption = , flag = Roma flag.svg , flag_caption = Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress , po ...

** rom,

Romani language Romani ( ; also Romanes , Romany, Roma; ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani people. The largest of these are Vlax Romani language, Vlax Romani (about 500,000 speakers), Balkan Romani (600,000), and Sinte Roma ...

, language code ISO 639 alpha-2 * Rom or ROM, system of

Indigenous Australian customary law Indigenous Australian customary law or Indigenous Australian customary lore refers to the legal systems and practices uniquely belonging to Indigenous Australians of Australia, that is, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Background ...

** ROM ceremony, a Yolngu ceremonial practice

Other uses

* 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 The Epistle to the Romans is the sixth book in the New Testament, and the longest of the thirteen Pauline epistles. Biblical scholars agree that it was composed by Paul the Apostle to explain that Salvation (Christianity), salvation is offered ...

, a book of the Bible commonly abbreviated ''Rom.'' {{disambiguation, geo