n. | 1. | The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a | ||||||
2. | (Astron.) Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March. | |||||||
3. | An engine of war used for butting or battering. | |||||||
4. | A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic. | |||||||
5. | The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like. | |||||||
6. | The plunger of a hydraulic press.
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v. t. | 1. | 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; | ||||||
2. | To fill or compact by pounding or driving. |
1. | (storage) | RAM - Random Access Memory. | |
2. | (humour) | RAM - Rarely Adequate Memory. A humorous reference to the fact that programs and data expand to fill the memory available. |