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[[Category:Hacking Information]]ROM stands for "'''R'''ead '''O'''nly '''M'''emory". Memory hardware that allows fast access to permanently stored data but prevents addition to or modification of the data. ROMs come in many forms, two of the most commonly used are Cartridges and Compact Disks. Most Sonic games have been released as a ROM. After ROM data has been dumped into a file, it can be modified.
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[[Category:Hacking Information]]ROM stands for "'''R'''ead '''O'''nly '''M'''emory". Memory hardware that allows fast access to permanently stored data but prevents addition to or modification of the data. ROMs come in many forms, two of the most commonly used are [[Cartridge|Cartridges]] and Compact Disks. Most Sonic games have been released as a ROM. After ROM data has been dumped into a file, it can be modified.

Revision as of 13:23, 19 October 2004

ROM stands for "Read Only Memory". Memory hardware that allows fast access to permanently stored data but prevents addition to or modification of the data. ROMs come in many forms, two of the most commonly used are Cartridges and Compact Disks. Most Sonic games have been released as a ROM. After ROM data has been dumped into a file, it can be modified.