RAM

See also: ram, Ram, rám, râm, Râm, and rắm

English
1 GB of DDR RAM (memory, sense 1)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹæm/
    • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æm
  • Homophone: ram

Noun

RAM (plural RAMs)

  1. (electronics, computing) Acronym of random-access memory.
    Hyponyms: NVRAM, SRAM, DRAM, SDRAM, FRAM, MRAM, VRAM
    Coordinate terms: ROM, flash memory, bubble memory, core memory, WORM
  2. (computer science) Acronym of random-access machine.
    Coordinate term: PRAM
  3. (physical sciences) Acronym of relative atomic mass. (sometimes styled r.a.m.)
    Coordinate terms: atomic weight, atomic mass
  4. (project management) Acronym of responsibility assignment matrix.
  5. (risk management) Acronym of reliability availability maintainability.
  6. (military) Acronym of radar-absorbent material, a material which absorbs radar.

Translations

Proper noun

RAM

  1. Initialism of Royal Academy of Music.
  2. Initialism of Rise Above Movement.

Further reading

Anagrams

German

Etymology

English RAM.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁam/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

RAM n or m (strong, genitive RAMs or RAM, plural (rare) RAMs or RAM)

  1. (electronics, computing) RAM (random-access memory)
    Synonym: Arbeitsspeicher

Declension
Declension of RAM [neuter // masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das, der RAM die RAMs1, RAM1
genitive eines des RAMs, RAM der RAMs1, RAM1
dative einem dem RAM den RAMs1, RAM1
accusative ein, einen das, den RAM die RAMs1, RAM1

1Rare.

Further reading
  • “RAM” in Duden online
  • “RAM” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈrɒm]
  • Rhymes: -ɒm

Noun

RAM (plural RAM-ok)

  1. (electronics, computing) RAM (random access memory)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative RAM RAM-ok
accusative RAM-ot RAM-okat
dative RAM-nak RAM-oknak
instrumental RAM-mal RAM-okkal
causal-final RAM-ért RAM-okért
translative RAM-má RAM-okká
terminative RAM-ig RAM-okig
essive-formal RAM-ként RAM-okként
essive-modal — —
inessive RAM-ban RAM-okban
superessive RAM-on RAM-okon
adessive RAM-nál RAM-oknál
illative RAM-ba RAM-okba
sublative RAM-ra RAM-okra
allative RAM-hoz RAM-okhoz
elative RAM-ból RAM-okból
delative RAM-ról RAM-okról
ablative RAM-tól RAM-októl
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 RAM-é RAM-oké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 RAM-éi RAM-okéi
Possessive forms of RAM
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. RAM-om RAM-jaim
2nd person sing. RAM-od RAM-jaid
3rd person sing. RAM-ja RAM-jai
1st person plural RAM-unk RAM-jaink
2nd person plural RAM-otok RAM-jaitok
3rd person plural RAM-juk RAM-jaik

Derived terms
  • RAM-os

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English RAM.

Pronunciation

Noun

RAM(ラム) • (ramu) 

  1. (electronics, computing) RAM

See also

References
  1. “ロム 【ＲＯＭ】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) Paid subscription required‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
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