[SOLVED] Why we call ROM in 8051 a non-volatile memory?

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Hello experts!

As we know a ROM is a non-volatile memory. It means it can't be erase once written. But in any microcontroller (here I am talking about 8051) whenever we burn a code in the 8051 then it erase its ROM content and rewrite the new code. Its mean the ROM in 8051 is not a non-volatile memory. Isn't the violation of the concept about ROM?

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Thank you for your reply. I know it has EEPROM. I didn't mention in my post#1 because I want to listen it from you. But now tell me if it is also a type of ROM and it is erasable then how it could be non-volatile? Why can't we say it volatile on the behalf of its erasing and rewritten feature?

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Non-volatile means it hold its contents even if power is down. After power-up it will have same contents. On other hand, volatile memory loose it content if power goes down.
 
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