Definition of RAM

noun (n)

• the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: random access memory, random memory, random-access memory, read/write memory
  

  source: wordnet30
• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries (noun.person)

  Synonym: aries
  

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• the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19 (noun.location)

  Synonym: aries, aries the ram
  

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• a tool for driving or forcing something by impact (noun.artifact)

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• uncastrated adult male sheep (noun.animal)

  Synonym: tup
  

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• The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• strike or drive against with a heavy impact (verb.contact)

  Synonym: pound, ram down
  

  Example:
  Ram the gate with a sledgehammer.
  

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• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically (verb.contact)

  Synonym: drive, force
  

  Example:
  She rammed her mind into focus.
  

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• undergo damage or destruction on impact (verb.contact)

  Synonym: crash
  

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• crowd or pack to capacity (verb.contact)

  Synonym: chock up, cram, jam, jampack, wad
  

  source: wordnet30
• To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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