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Rom vs Romset - What's the difference?

rom | romset |

In video games terms the difference between rom and romset

is that rom is a software of read-only memory (as of a game cartridge) used in emulation while romset is a group of related ROM s required to emulate a particular game.

As nouns the difference between rom and romset

is that rom is a member of the Romani people while romset is a group of related ROM s required to emulate a particular game.

As an acronym ROM

is read-only memory.

As a proper noun Rom

is The ethnic designation used by the Romani people from Eastern Europe.

As an adjective Rom

is romani: of or pertaining to the Roma people.

rom

English

(wikipedia ROM)

Acronym

(Acronym) (head)
  • (electronics, computing) read-only memory.
  • (video games) A software image of read-only memory (as of a game cartridge) used in emulation.
  • (medical) range of motion
  • (finance) Return on Margin.
  • (estimating and purchasing) Rough order of magnitude. An informal cost or price estimate provided for planning and budgeting purposes only, typically expected to be only 75% accurate.

    • Derived terms

    * PROM * EPROM * EEPROM

    Related terms

    * RAM * flash memory

    See also

    * WORM

    Anagrams

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    romset

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (video games) A group of related ROM images required to emulate a particular game.
  • * 2000 , "Ben Castricum", Searching for a Swedish/Finnish C64 romset'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.cbm )
    • I am looking for a rom dump of a Swedish or Finnish C64. They seem to have an alternate romset than the ones used elsewhere (probably because of the characters used in those countries).
  • * 2001 , "Paul Irvine", NeoGeo'' (on newsgroup ''uk.games.video.misc )
    • You are right re the romsets , MAME uses different sets for a lot of games, you can't intermix Neorage and MAME sets.