Ram, ram, or RAM may refer to:

Animals

* A male sheep * Ram cichlid, a freshwater tropical fish

People

Ram (given name) Ram is a masculine given name. In South Asia it is a variant of Rama, and in Hebrew it means high or senior, a biblical name (Ram, son of Hezron), which is also sometimes used as a diminutive form of Avram (a variant of Abraham). Notable persons wi ...

* Ram (surname) * Ram (director) (Ramsubramaniam), an Indian Tamil film director * RAM (musician) (born 1974), Dutch *

Raja Ram (musician) Raja Ram (born Ronald Rothfield, 18 December 1940) is an Australian-born musician and the owner of the United Kingdom record label Tip World. He was a founding member of the psychedelic rock band Quintessence in the late 1960s and early 1970s, ...

(Ronald Rothfield), Australian * Ram Dass (Richard Alpert), US spiritual teacher and author * Kavitark Ram Shriram (born 1950s), Google founding board member * Ram Herrera, a Tejano musician

Religion

Rama Rama (; ), Ram, Raman or Ramar, also known as Ramachandra (; , ), is a major deity in Hinduism. He is the seventh and one of the most popular ''avatars'' of Vishnu. In Rama-centric traditions of Hinduism, he is considered the Supreme Being ...

, incarnation of the god Vishnu in Hinduism *

Ram and Rud In Mandaeism, Ram and Rud were a couple named as the progenitors of the second generation of humans. Ram is the husband, while Rud is his wife. According to Book 18 of the ''Right Ginza'', Ram and Rud lived in the second out of four epochs (or er ...

, progenitors of the second generation of humans in Mandaeism

Places

Ram, Serbia Ram ( sr, Рам) is a settlement in the municipality of Veliko Gradište, in the Braničevo District of Serbia. The town developed around the fortification of the same name. It was known in the Roman times as ''Lederata''. The Albocense The A ...

, Veliko Gradište * Lake Ram, Golan Heights, Syria *

Ram Island (disambiguation) Ram Island or Ram's Island may refer to: Australia * Ram Island (Tasmania) * Ram Island (Victoria) Indonesia * Ram Island (Indonesia), in West Papua United Kingdom * Ram's Island, Northern Ireland United States * Ram Island (Connecticut), in C ...

, several islands with the name * Ram Fortress, Serbia * Ram Range, a mountain range in the Canadian Rockies * Ram River in Alberta, Canada * Ramingining Airport, IATA airport code "RAM"

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Ram'' (album), a 1971 album by Paul and Linda McCartney * RAM (band), Port-au-Prince, Haiti * Ram FM, a radio station, Derbyshire, England 1994–2010 * '' Ram Part:1'', an upcoming Indian film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph * RAM Records, UK *'' Random Access Memories,'' a 2013 album by Daft Punk * '' Rock Australia Magazine'', 1975–1989

Organizations

Museums

* Rockbund Art Museum,

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

, China * Royal Alberta Museum,

Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anc ...

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Canada

Other organizations

* Revolutionary Action Movement, 1960s US black nationalist organization * Reform the Armed Forces Movement, a Philippines military cabal 1980s-1990s *

Remote Area Medical Remote Area Medical (RAM) is a non-profit provider of mobile medical clinics delivering free dental, vision, and medical care (as well as veterinary services when available) to under-served and uninsured individuals. Founded by British philanthro ...

Volunteer Corps, US healthcare organization * Renew America Movement, US political group * Residents Action Movement, New Zealand political party *

Resistencia Ancestral Mapuche Resistencia Ancestral Mapuche (, RAM) is an alleged indigenous organization advocated to the creation of an autonomous Mapuche state in Araucanía, which is, they say, ''the revindication and recovery of former Mapuche lands''. They are mostly re ...

, alleged separatist organization in Argentina and Chile * Rise Above Movement, American white nationalist organization * Royal Academy of Music, London, UK * Royal Air Maroc, the national airline of Morocco

Astrology

* Aries (astrology), astrological sign also known as the Ram * Goat (zodiac) or Ram, a sign of the Chinese zodiac

Science and technology

Computing

Random-access memory Random-access memory (RAM; ) is a form of computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data and machine code. A random-access memory device allows data items to be read or written in almost t ...

, computer memory * Random-access machine, a theoretical computer model *.ram, a file extension for the RealAudio file format

Military

Ram (rocket) The RAM, also known as the 6.5-Inch Anti-Tank Aircraft Rocket or ATAR, was an air-to-ground rocket used by the United States Navy during the Korean War. Developed rapidly, the rocket proved successful but was phased out shortly after the end of ...

, a US Korean War anti-tank weapon * A device used for ramming * Ram tank, Canada, WWII * RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile, a naval surface-to-air missile

Other uses in science and technology

* Extension ram, a

hydraulic rescue tool Hydraulic rescue tools, also known as jaws of life, are used by emergency rescue personnel to assist in the extrication of victims involved in vehicle accidents, as well as other rescues in small spaces. These tools include cutters, spreaders, ...

* Hydraulic ram * Radar-absorbent material *

Rechargeable alkaline manganese A rechargeable alkaline battery, also known as alkaline rechargeable or rechargeable alkaline manganese (RAM), is a type of alkaline battery that is capable of recharging for repeated use. The first generation rechargeable alkaline batteries were ...

battery * Reliability, availability, and maintainability, in logistics *

Root apical meristem The meristem is a type of tissue found in plants. It consists of undifferentiated cells (meristematic cells) capable of cell division. Cells in the meristem can develop into all the other tissues and organs that occur in plants. These cells conti ...

, a plant tissue

Transportation

* Ram Trucks, US, since 2009 ** List of vehicles named Dodge Ram, trucks and vans ** Ram Pickup, produced by Ram Trucks

Other uses

Aries (constellation) Aries is one of the constellations of the zodiac. It is located in the Northern celestial hemisphere between Pisces to the west and Taurus to the east. The name Aries is Latin for ram. Its old astronomical symbol is (♈︎). It is one o ...

, also known as the Ram * Ram languages, of Papua New Guinea * RAM Racing, F1 team 1976–1985