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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 domesticate ...
* Ram cichlid, a freshwater tropical fish


People

* Ram (given name) * 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 ac ...
(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 Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert; April 6, 1931 – December 22, 2019), also known as Baba Ram Dass, was an American spiritual teacher, guru of modern yoga, psychologist, and author. His best-selling 1971 book '' Be Here Now'', which has been ...
(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 Ramiro "Ram" Herrera is a Tejano musician. He was nominated at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2002 in the category Latin Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album for the 2001 album ''Ingrata'', and nominated again for ''Ram Herrera and the Outlaw Band'' a ...
, a Tejano musician


Religion

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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 Bei ...
, incarnation of the god Vishnu in Hinduism * Ram and Rud, 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 Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern an ...
, Veliko Gradište * Lake Ram, Golan Heights, Syria * Ram Island (disambiguation), 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 Shanghai (; , , Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four Direct-administered municipalities of China, direct-administered municipalities of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the ...
, 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 an ...
,
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 T ...
, 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, 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, Je ...
, 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 ...
, London, UK * Royal Air Maroc, 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?"''Chicag ...
or Ram, a sign of the Chinese zodiac


Science and technology


Computing

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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 the ...
, 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 c ...
, a theoretical computer model *.ram, a file extension for the
RealAudio RealAudio, or also spelled as Real Audio is a proprietary audio format developed by RealNetworks and first released in April 1995. It uses a variety of audio codecs, ranging from low-bitrate formats that can be used over dialup modems, to high-fi ...
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 ...
, a US Korean War anti-tank weapon * A device used for
ramming In warfare, ramming is a technique used in air, sea, and land combat. The term originated from battering ram, a siege weapon used to bring down fortifications by hitting it with the force of the ram's momentum, and ultimately from male sheep. Thus, ...
*
Ram tank The Tank, Cruiser, Ram was a cruiser tank designed and built by Canada in the Second World War, based on the U.S. M3 Medium tank chassis. Due to standardization on the American Sherman tank for frontline units, it was used exclusively for tra ...
, Canada, WWII *
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile The RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) is a small, lightweight, infrared homing surface-to-air missile in use by the German, Japanese, Greek, Turkish, South Korean, Saudi Arabian, Egyptian, Mexican, UAE, and U.S. Navies. It was origin ...
, a naval surface-to-air missile


Other uses in science and technology

* Extension ram, a hydraulic rescue tool * 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 battery * Reliability, availability, and maintainability, in logistics * Root apical meristem, 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 w ...
, 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 The Ram languages are a small group of 3 languages spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. They are spoken directly to the northeast of the Yellow River languages and directly to the south of the Wapei languages, both of which are also Sepi ...
, 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 ...
, F1 team 1976–1985


See also

* Rams (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo