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 Definitions for RAM: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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main memory \main memory\ n. (Computers)
The memory in a computer that holds programs and data for
rapid access during execution of a program; it usually hold
the largest quantity of rapid-access storage in a computer;
-- also called RAM (random access memory. It is
contrasted to ROM, disk data storage, cache,
registers and other forms of data storage.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Ram \Ram\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rammed (r[a^]md); p. pr. & vb.
n. Ramming.]
1. To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or
through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to
drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to
ram piles, cartridges, etc.
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[They] rammed me in with foul shirts, and smocks,
socks, foul stockings, greasy napkins. --Shak.
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2. To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
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A ditch . . . was filled with some sound materials,
and rammed to make the foundation solid.
--Arbuthnot.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Ram \Ram\ (r[a^]m), n. [AS. ramm, ram; akin to OHG. & D. ram,
Prov. G. ramm, and perh. to Icel. ramr strong.]
1. The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of
England a ram is called a tup.
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2. (Astron.)
(a) Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters
about the 21st of March.
(b) The constellation Aries, which does not now, as
formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.
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3. An engine of war used for butting or battering.
Specifically:
(a) In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in
a framework, and used for battering the walls of
cities; a battering-ram.
(b) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a
steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the
vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a
beak.
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4. A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.
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5. The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam
hammer, stamp mill, or the like.
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6. The plunger of a hydraulic press.
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{Ram's horn}.
(a) (Fort.) A low semicircular work situated in and
commanding a ditch. [Written also ramshorn.]
--Farrow.
(b) (Paleon.) An ammonite.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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RAM
n 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]
v 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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102 Moby Thesaurus words for "ram":
assault, bear, bear upon, bellwether, billy, billy goat, boar,
boost, bubbly-jock, buck, bull, bulldoze, bullock, bump,
bump against, bunt, butt, butt against, chanticleer, cock,
cockerel, collide, cram, crowd, dig, dog, drake, drive, elbow,
entire, entire horse, ewe, ewe lamb, fall aboard, force, gander,
goad, gobbler, hart, he-goat, head into, hurtle, hustle, jab, jam,
jam-pack, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, jumbuck, lamb, lambkin,
mutton, nudge, pang, peacock, pile drive, plunge, poke, press,
prod, punch, push, ram down, rattle, rooster, run, run against,
run broadside on, run down, run in, run into, sail into, shake,
sheep, shoulder, shove, sink, stab, stag, stallion, steer, stick,
stot, stress, stud, studhorse, stuff, tamp, teg, thrust, tom,
tom turkey, tomcat, top cow, top horse, tup, turkey gobbler,
turkey-cock, wether, yeanling
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
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RAM
Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
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RAM
Rarely Adequate Memory (slang)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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RAM
1. Random Access Memory.
2. Rarely Adequate Memory.
A humorous reference to the fact that programs and data
expand to fill the memory available.
(1995-04-22)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Ram
exalted. (1.) The son of Hezron, and one of the ancestors of the
royal line (Ruth 4:19). The margin of 1 Chr. 2:9, also Matt.
1:3, 4 and Luke 3:33, have "Aram."
(2.) One of the sons of Jerahmeel (1 Chr. 2:25, 27).
(3.) A person mentioned in Job 32:2 as founder of a clan to
which Elihu belonged. The same as Aram of Gen. 22:21.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
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Ram, elevated; sublime
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