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Ram, ram, or RAM may refer to:


Animals

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


People

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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) Ram is an Indian film director, who works in Tamil cinema. After assisting Hindi directors Rajkumar Santoshi and working under Balu Mahendra, he made his directorial debut with ''Kattradhu Thamizh'' (2007), which fetched him strong critical acc ...
(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 Kavitark Ram Shriram (born 1956/57) is an Indian-American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is a founding board member and one of the first investors in Google. He was earlier employed by Amazon, working for Jeff Bezos. Shriram cam ...
(born 1950s), Google founding board member * Ram Herrera, a Tejano musician


Religion

* Rama, 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

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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 The Ram Fortress ( sr, / ) is a 15th century fort situated on a steep slope on the right bank of the Danube, in the village of Ram, municipality of Veliko Gradište, eastern Serbia. The fortress is located on a rock, which is from the northeast ...
, 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 ''Rock Australia Magazine'' or ''RAM'' (its acronym and popular name) was a fortnightly national Australian music newspaper, which was published from 1975 to 1989. It was designed for people with a serious interest in rock and pop, and was co ...
'', 1975–1989


Organizations


Museums

* Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China * Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada


Other organizations

* Revolutionary Action Movement, 1960s US black nationalist organization *
Reform the Armed Forces Movement The Reform the Armed Forces Movement, also referred to by the acronym RAM, was a cabal of officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) known for several attempts to seize power in the Philippines during the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, som ...
, 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 The Renew America Movement (RAM) was an American political group founded in 2021 by former staffers from Republican Party administrations, with the intention of working to reduce political polarization in the United States. In 2022 it merged with ...
, 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 The Rise Above Movement (RAM) is a militant alt-right Southern California-based street-fighting group variously described as "a loose collective of violent neo-Nazis and fascists", white nationalist, white supremacist, and far-right.Jarvie, Jenny ...
, American white nationalist organization *
Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of ...
, London, UK *
Royal Air Maroc Royal Air Maroc (; ar, الخطوط الملكية المغربية, , literally ''Royal Moroccan Lines'' or ''Royal Moroccan Airlines''; ber, ⴰⵎⵓⵏⵉ ⴰⵢⵍⴰⵍ ⴰⴳⵍⴷⴰⵏ ⵏ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⴰⴽⵓⵛ, ''Amuni Aylal Age ...
, the national airline of Morocco


Astrology

* Aries (astrology), astrological sign also known as the Ram *
Goat (zodiac) The Goat (, sometimes also translated Sheep or Ram) is the eighth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. This zodiacal sign is oftenWen Huang"Year of the Sheep, Goat or Ram?"''Chicago ...
or Ram, a sign of the Chinese zodiac


Science and technology


Computing

* Random-access memory, computer memory *
Random-access machine In computer science, random-access machine (RAM) is an abstract machine in the general class of register machines. The RAM is very similar to the counter machine but with the added capability of 'indirect addressing' of its registers. Like the cou ...
, a theoretical computer model *.ram, a file extension for the RealAudio file format


Military

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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 t ...
, 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 In materials science, radiation-absorbent material, usually known as RAM, is a material which has been specially designed and shaped to absorb incident RF radiation (also known as non-ionising radiation), as effectively as possible, from as ma ...
*
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

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Ram Trucks Ram Trucks, stylized as RAM and formerly known as the Ram Truck Division (of Chrysler), is an American brand of light to mid-weight trucks and other commercial vehicles, and a division of Stellantis (previously Fiat Chrysler Automobiles). It was ...
, US, since 2009 ** List of vehicles named Dodge Ram, trucks and vans **
Ram Pickup The Ram pickup (marketed as the Dodge Ram until 2010) is a full-size pickup truck manufactured by Stellantis North America (formerly Chrysler Group LLC and FCA US LLC) and marketed from 2010 onwards under the Ram Trucks brand. The current f ...
, produced by Ram Trucks


Other uses

* Aries (constellation), also known as the Ram * Ram languages, of Papua New Guinea *
RAM Racing RAM Racing was a Formula One racing team which competed during the racing seasons of 1976 to 1985. The team entered other manufacturers' chassis from 1976 to 1980, then ran March's team from 1981 to 1983, only entering a car entirely their ow ...
, F1 team 1976–1985


See also

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Rams (disambiguation) In engineering, RAMS (reliability, availability, maintainability and safety)