Ram
Depending on context,
RAM,
Ram or
ram may be an acronym or a full word, and it can mean one of the following:
* In
Air transportation: -
RAM (
Royal Air Maroc) is the
Moroccan national
airline: -
Ram-Jet (
Ramjet) is a type of
jet engine particularly suitable for
supersonic speeds.
* In
Astronomy: - Aries the
Ram refers to the constellation of
Aries.
* In
Automobiles: - The
Dodge Ram is a full-size
pickup truck.
* In
Biology: - A
ram is a male
sheep.
* In
Calculus: -
RAM stands for
Rectangular Approximation Method, a way of
approximating the
integral of a
function.
* In
Chemical industry: -
Rechargeable
Alkaline Manganese batteries.
* In
Chemistry: - RAM stands for
relative atomic mass* In
Communications: -
RAM refers to
Radar Absorbent Material.
* In
Computing: -
RAM is an acronym for
random access memory: -
Random access machine - a theoretical computer model : - .ra, .rm or
.ram is a file extension for
RealAudio file format
* In
Geography: -
Região
Autónoma da
Madeira (RAM) is the official Portuguese name for the autonomous region of the
Madeira Islands off the coast of
Portugal.: -
Ram is a town in
Serbia* In
Hinduism: -
Ram is the Hindi form of the name of
Rama, an
avatāra of
Vishnu or God. Alternatively, Ram is a generic term for God.
Sikhism states that one of the names of God is Ram.
* In
Hydraulics: - A
hydraulic ram can be a type of
water pump. The term can also refer to the
hydraulic ram used as an extrication tool.
* In
Military: - A
battering ram is a long siege weapon designed to break down doors, city gates, walls, et cetera.: -
Ramming is primarily naval military tactic, but includes sea and air. : - A
ram was also a naval ship class in the
1860s.: - The
Ram was a Canadian tank of the
Second World War.: - The
Rolling Airframe Missile is a short range
surface to air missile.
* In
Museums: -
RAM is the
Royal Alberta Museum.
* In
Music: -
Royal Academy of Music: -
RAM, a
mizik rasin band based in
Port-au-Prince,
Haiti (
1990-present).: - RAM stands for
Rock Alternative Metal and is used esp. when talking extremely hard or heavy music : -
rAm, a short-lived
rock and roll band from
Oregon,
USA (ca.
2002).: -
Ram, a short-lived
progressive rock band based in
New York City,
USA (ca.
1972).: -
Ram is the name of a
Paul McCartney album, released in
1971.
* In
Sailing: -
Ram or
mast-ram is a system which controls the bend of a modern
dinghy mast.
* In
Sports: - In
Formula One,
RAM Racing competed between 1983 and 1985.: -
Andy Ram, a professional tennis player from Israel.: - Many sports teams use the "Rams" nickname, most notably the
St. Louis Rams of the
National Football League and the teams representing
Fordham University,
Colorado State University and
Suffolk University in Boston.