Ram, ram, or RAM may refer to:

Animals

* A male

sheep Sheep or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are domesticated, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus ''Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated s ...

Ram cichlid The ram cichlid, ''Mikrogeophagus ramirezi'', is a species of freshwater fish endemic to the Orinoco River basin, in the savannahs of Venezuela and Colombia in South America. The species has been examined in studies on fish behaviour and is a po ...

, 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, 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 ''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, a Philippines military cabal 1980s-1990s * Remote Area Medical 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 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, 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, 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 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, produced by Ram Trucks

Other uses

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