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"ROM" is just used as a term for the system image. It is no longer truly "read only". And replacing that is often intentionally made difficult by cryptographica
by crote 3y ago
"ROM" is just used as a term for the system image. It is no longer truly "read only". And replacing that is often intentionally made difficult by cryptographically signing the image, making it impossible to boot a custom one.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoOh wow, that’s a weird anachronism that I didn’t expect. Here is the explanation from wiki: > The term "ROM" is sometimes used to refer to a ROM device containing specific software or a file with software to be stored in a writable ROM device. For example, users modifying or replacing the Android operating system describe files containing a modified or replacement operating system as "custom ROMs" after the type of storage the file used to be written to, and they may distinguish between ROM (where software and data is stored, usually Flash memory) and RAM. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read-only_memory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read-only_memory So what was once a very hardware term had become a completely software one.