RAM

1 the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible [syn: random-access memory, random access memory, random memory, read/write memory]

2 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries [syn: Aries]

3 the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19 [syn: Aries, Aries the Ram]

4 a tool for driving or forcing something by impact

5 uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'" [syn: tup]

1 strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door" [syn: ram down, pound]

2 force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad" [syn: force, drive]

3 undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post" [syn: crash]

4 crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" [syn: jam, jampack, chock up, cram, wad]

English

Pronunciation

• , /ræm/, /r

Ram, ram, or RAM as a non-acronymic word

As a non-acronymic word Ram, ram, or RAM may refer to:

Animals

• Sheep, an uncastrated male of which is called a ram
• Ram cichlid, a species of freshwater fish endemic to Colombia and Venezuela

Military uses

• Battering ram, a long siege weapon designed to break down fortifications by the application of force
• Ramming, a military tactic in which one vehicle runs into another
• Naval ram, a weapon affixed to the bow of ironclad battleships in the late 1800s
• Ram tank, a Canadian tank of the Second World War

In music

• RAM (band), a mizik rasin band based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
• rAm (band), a short-lived rock and roll band from Oregon, USA, active in 2002
• Ram (band), a short-lived progressive rock band based in New York City, United States, active in 1972
• Ram (album), a 1971 UK #1 album by Paul & Linda McCartney

Sports teams

• RAM Racing, a Formula One racing team active between 1976 and 1985
• Derby County Football Club, an English football club known as the Rams
• St. Louis Rams, the National Football League team from St. Louis, Missouri, United States
• Fordham University Rams, the sports teams of Fordham University in New York City, New York, United States
• Colorado State University Rams, the sports teams of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
• University of Rhode Island Rams, the sports teams of the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States
• Rockville High School Rams, the sports teams of Rockville High School in Vernon, Connecticut, United States
• Hightstown High School Rams, the sports team of Hightstown High School in Hightstown, New Jersey, United States

People

• Ram is a very common Hindu name for males, as it was the name of the king of Ayodhya in ancient India, Shri Rama
• Ramnaresh Sarwan, a West Indian cricket player
• Andy Ram, an Israeli tennis player
• Ram, a fictional character from the science fiction television program The Tribe
• Rama (disambiguation) for other people named Ram (spelled also as Rama)

In computing

• Random access machine
• RAM, Random Access Memory, refers to a computer's memory storage
• .ram, a file extension for the RealAudio file format

In hydraulics

• Hydraulic ram, a type of water-powered cyclic pump
  • Rams, used as tools to extract victims of a car collision from the vehicle

Others

• Ramjet, a type of jet engine particularly suitable for supersonic speeds
• Dodge Ram, a full-size pickup truck
• Aries (astrology), symbolized as a ram
• Aries (constellation), symbolized as a ram
• Ram, Serbia
• Ram (company), a Japanese visual novel studio
• Ram Mounts, a modular range of products to mount, hold and stabilise devices, and the trading name of the company which makes them
• Remote Area Medical Volunteer corp of USA
• Ram (Golf) a budget golf club brand from Europe.

RAM as an abbreviation

The abbreviation RAM may refer to:

• Radar absorbent material, a material designed to prevent detection of a vehicle or structure by radar
• Random access memory, computer memory that can be read from and written to in arbitrary sequence
• Random access machine, a theoretical computer model
• Rassemblement pour l'action municipale, a municipal political party in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
• Real Action Marker (Paintball Marker), a brand marketed by Umarex and produced by Qian Wei Paintball
• Rectangular approximation method, a method of approximating the integral of a function
• Relative atomic mass, the mass of an atom at rest
• Residents Action Movement, a left-wing coalition in the Auckland Region of New Zealand
• RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile, a short-range surface-to-air missile
• Riverside Art Museum in Riverside, California
• Rock Australia Magazine, a musical journal/magazine published in Australia
• Root apical meristem
• Royal Academy of Music, in London, England
• Royal Air Maroc, the national airline of Morocco
• Royal Alberta Museum, in Alberta, Canada
• Royal Arch Masonry, in the York Rite the next order a Freemason can join after becoming a Master Freemason