RAM Definition

RAM
abbreviation

1. computing.
Random access memory, a temporary memory which allows programs to be loaded and run, and data to be changed. Compare ROM.
2. Royal Academy of Music.

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ram
noun

1. An uncastrated male sheep; a tup.
2. astrol.astron.
Aries.
Form: Ram
3. A battering-ram.
4. The falling weight of a pile-driver.
5. The striking head of a steam hammer.
6a. A piston or plunger operated by hydraulic or other power;
6b. A machine with such a piston.
7. An act of ramming.
8a. naut., historical
A pointed device on a warship's prow, for making holes in an enemy ship's hull;
8b. naut., historical
A warship fitted with such a device.

verb rammed, ramming

1. To force something down or into position by pushing hard.

Thesaurus: beat, pound, batter, butt, hit; stuff, jam, pack, cram, tamp.
2. To strike or crash something violently (against, into, etc something or someone).

Example: ram the car into the wall

Derivative: rammer
noun

Idiom: ram something down someone's throat

colloq
To force them to believe, accept or listen to (eg a statement, idea, etc) by talking about it or repeating it constantly.

Idiom: ram something home

To emphasize it forcefully.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon ramm.