Ram Explained

Ram, ram, or RAM most commonly refers to:

• A male sheep
• Random-access memory, computer memory
• Ram Trucks, US, since 2009
  • List of vehicles named Dodge Ram, trucks and vans
  • Ram Pickup, produced by Ram Trucks

Ram, ram, or RAM may also refer to:

Animals

• Ram cichlid, a freshwater tropical fish

People

• Ram (given name)
• Ram (surname)
• Ram (director) (Ramsubramaniam), an Indian Tamil film director
• RAM (DJ), Dutch trance producer and DJ
• Ram Dass (Richard Alpert), American spiritual teacher and author

Religion

• Rama (or Râm), an incarnation of the god Vishnu in Hinduism
• Ram and Rud, progenitors of the second generation of humans in Mandaeism

Places

• Ram, Serbia, Veliko Gradište
• 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
• Lake Ram, Golan Heights, Syria
• Mizo Ram, a state in northeastern India

Transport

• Ramingining Airport, IATA airport code "RAM"
• Ramsgate railway station, Kent, England, National Rail station code "RAM"

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Ram (album), a 1971 album by Paul and Linda McCartney
• Ram & Tam, a late 1970s-early 1980s reggae duo
• RAM (band), Port-au-Prince, Haiti
• Ram (film), an upcoming Indian film
• Ram FM, a radio station, Derbyshire, England 1994–2010
• RAM Records, UK
• Random Access Memories, a 2013 album by Daft Punk
• Rock Australia Magazine, 1975–1989
• RAM (Rapid Action Mission), a 2024 Indian film
• "RAM" (Person of Interest), an episode of the American television series Person of Interest

Organizations

Museums

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

Other organizations

• Revolutionary Action Movement, a 1960s US black nationalist organization
• Reform the Armed Forces Movement, a Philippines military cabal 1980s-1990s
• Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps, a US healthcare organization
• Renew America Movement, a US political group
• Residents Action Movement, a New Zealand political party
• Resistencia Ancestral Mapuche, an alleged separatist organization in Argentina and Chile
• Rise Above Movement, an American white nationalist organization
• Royal Academy of Music, London, UK
• Royal Air Maroc, the national airline of Morocco

Astrology

• Aries (astrology), an astrological sign also known as the Ram
• Goat (zodiac) or Ram, a sign of the Chinese zodiac

Science and technology

Computing

• Random-access machine, a theoretical computer model
• .ram, a file extension for the RealAudio file format

Military

• Ram (rocket), 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 ram
• Radar-absorbent material
• Rechargeable alkaline manganese battery
• Reliability, availability, and maintainability, in logistics
• Root apical meristem, a plant tissue

Other uses

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

See also

• Rama (disambiguation)
• Ramu (disambiguation)
• Rams (disambiguation)