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ram Definition

ram (ram)

noun

  1. a male sheep
  2. battering ram
  3. Historical a metal projection on the bow of a warship below the waterline, used to pierce enemy vessels
  4. hydraulic ram
  5. the weight, or striking part, of a pile driver
  6. the plunger of a force pump

Etymology: ME ramme < OE ramm, akin to MDu & OHG ram < Gmc *ramma, prob. < *rama-, strong, sharp, bitter > ON rammr

transitive verb rammed, ram′·ming

  1. to strike against with great force; drive into
  2. to force into place; press or drive down to ram a charge into a gun
  3. to force (an idea, legislative bill, etc.) to be accepted: often with across or through
  4. to stuff or cram (with something)

intransitive verb

  1. to strike with force; crash
  2. to move rapidly

ram Related Forms
ram′·mer noun
ram Idioms

the Ram

Aries, the constellation and first sign of the zodiac

RAM¹ Definition

☆ RAM (ram)

noun

  1. random-access memory
  2. pl. RAMs a random-access memory chip

RAM² Definition

RAM

Royal Academy of Music

ram Synonyms

ram

n.

  1. An object used to deliver a thrust

    plunger, pump, beam, prow, hammerhead, arm piece, weight, pole, shaft, lever, spike, battering ram, pile driver, tamping iron, punch, sledge hammer, rammer, tamper, monkey, bat, maul, hydraulic ram, spar, piston, drop weight, bow; see also bar 1, hammer.

  2. A male sheep

    tup, wild ram, buck, bucksheep; see sheep.

    Breeds of rams include: Leicester, Rambouillet, Merino, Lincoln, Jacob, Scottish blackface, Wensleydale, Oxforddown, Hampshire, Cotswold, Southdown, Suffolk, Shropshire, Cheviot.

ram Synonyms

ram

v.

  1. To strike with force

    bump, slam, collide, hook; see butt 1, crash 4, hit 1, 2.

  2. To thrust or pack forcibly

    drive, cram, jam, stuff; see drive 4, pack 2.

RAM Finance Definition
Short for random access memory, short-term memory used in a personal computer. The computer’s processor can access any part of the memory or data storage directly, which makes saving and accessing files faster. See also DRAM.
RAM (Random Access Memory) Telecom Definition
Semiconductor-based computer memory that stores program code and data in locations that can be accessed in any order. As the primary working memory of a computer, RAM stores program code and data that can be accessed, read, and written to by the central processing unit (CPU) and other hardware devices. RAM is characterized as read/write memory to distinguish it from ROM (Read Only Memory), which is the primary storage memory. RAM is volatile, meaning that any data stored in RAM is lost and unrecoverable if power is lost. Many programs set aside some amount of RAM as a temporary workspace for data until it can be printed, transmitted, or stored on a hard drive, floppy disk, or other permanent or semi-permanent medium. See also ROM.
ram Usage Examples

Possessives

  • horn: Medallions of the king ever after showed him crowned with the ram's horns of kingship and divinity.

Converse of object

  • batter: Officers in riot gear used a battering ram to break in to the ground floor flat.
  • maximize: Increase or maximize physical RAM, or lower the print resolution.

Adjective modifier

  • 256mb: I wouldn't even surf the net with 256MB ram.
  • 64mb: Memory allocation is very much in keeping with the price group, with 55MB of the 64MB RAM available for storage.
  • 32mb: Minimum System Requirements: Pentium 150 or greater recommended 32MB RAM or more depending on O/S.
  • 4mb: If the PC has only 4Mb RAM, the virtual memory file should be at least 8Mb and preferably over 12Mb.
  • 128mb: The whole boot process takes a little while, I'd say 3 minutes with my Pentium 350MHz processor and 128MB RAM.
  • hydraulic: Capable of lifting six meters into the hull, the fin takes 8 minutes to deploy using a single hydraulic ram.

Modifies a noun

  • lamb: The Poll Dorset ewe gave birth to a ram lamb on Saturday 14th May.
  • disk: Then just copying from the RAM disk to hard drive.
  • memory: At least 16 Mb RAM memory, 32 mb recommended.
  • chip: Sadly, the cost of paper, unlike RAM chips, tends to always be rising rather than falling.
  • trilogy: RAM TRILOGY find it difficult to pick out one soft synth over another.

Noun used with modifier

  • shearling: Messrs Bowman went on to have an overall sale average of £ 747 for 10 shearling rams.
  • Mb: We sold them a new file server, a Pentium 166 with 16 Mb RAM, running Debian Linux.
  • dual-port: Omega's performance would be far higher if MD had put " proper " dual-port video RAM in Omega.
  • 16k: The company was one of the first to manufacture an independent 16K RAM pack for the Spectrum.
  • meg: Adobe Photoshop CS 2 First a Mesh Athlon 650Mhz processor, 650 meg ram.
  • 512mb: I cant remember how much my old one cost but it was this: Intel celeron 2.80 ghz 512mb ram 40 gig hard drive.
ram Quotes

First, sturdy March with brows full sternly bent, And arme'  d strongly, rode upon a ram, The same which over Hellespontus swam: Yet in his hand a spade he also hent, And in a bag all sorts of seeds ysame, Which on the earth he strowe'  d as he went, And filled her womb with fruitful hope of nourishment.

—Spenser, Edmund

We propose it, we massage it, and we often have to ram it.

—Cuomo, Mario Matthew

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