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[edit] Ram, ram, or RAM as a non-acronymic word
As a non-acronymic word Ram, ram, or RAM may refer to:
[edit] Animals
- Sheep, an uncastrated male of which is called a ram
- Ram cichlid, a species of freshwater fish endemic to Colombia and Venezuela
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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)
[edit] In computing
[edit] 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
[edit] Others
[edit] 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
