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Depending on context, RAM, Ram or ram may be an acronym or a full word, and it can mean one of the following:

• In Air transportation

- RAM (Royal Air Maroc) is the Moroccan national airline

- Ram-Jet (Ramjet) is a type of jet engine particularly suitable for supersonic speeds.

• In Astronomy

- Aries the Ram refers to the constellation of Aries.

• In Automobiles

- The Dodge Ram is a full-size pickup truck.

• In Biology

- A ram is a male sheep.

• In Calculus

- RAM stands for Rectangular Approximation Method, a way of approximating the integral of a function.

• In Chemical industry

- Rechargeable Alkaline Manganese batteries.

• In Chemistry

- RAM stands for relative atomic mass

• In Christianity

- Ram, a Biblical name.

• In Communications

- RAM refers to Radar Absorbent Material.

• In Computing

- RAM is an acronym for random access memory.

- Random access machine - a theoretical computer model

- .ra, .rm or .ram is a file extension for RealAudio file format

• In Geography

- Região Autónoma da Madeira (RAM) is the official Portuguese name for the autonomous region of the Madeira Islands off the coast of Portugal.

- Ram is a town in Serbia

- Ram a town located in Britain

• In Hinduism

- Ram is the Hindi form of the name of Rama, an avatāra of Vishnu or God. Alternatively, Ram is a generic term for God. Sikhism states that one of the names of God is Ram.

• In History

- King Ram, ancient king of Bihar

• In Hydraulics

- A hydraulic ram can be a type of water pump. The term can also refer to the hydraulic ram used as an extraction tool.

• In Military

- A battering ram is a long siege weapon designed to break down doors, city gates, walls, et cetera.

- Ramming is primarily naval military tactic, but includes sea and air.

- A ram was also a weapon used on ironclads in the 1860s.

- The Ram was a Canadian tank of the Second World War.

- The Rolling Airframe Missile is a short range surface to air missile.

• In Museums

- RAM is the Royal Alberta Museum.

• In Music

- Royal Academy of Music

- RAM, a mizik rasin band based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (1990-present).

- RAM stands for Rock Alternative Metal and is used especially when talking extremely hard or heavy music

- rAm, a short-lived rock and roll band from Oregon, USA (ca. 2002).

- Ram, a short-lived progressive rock band based in New York City, USA (ca. 1972).

- Ram is the name of a UK #1 Paul McCartney album, released in 1971.

• In Project Management

- RAM is an acronym for Responsibility Assignment Matrix.

• In Risk Management

- RAM is an acronym for Reliability Availability Maintainability.

• In Sailing

- Ram or mast-ram is a system which controls the bend of a modern dinghy mast.

• In Sports

- In Formula One, RAM Racing competed between 1983 and 1985.

- Ramnaresh Sarwan, A WestIndian cricket player.

- Andy Ram, a professional tennis player from Israel.

- Many sports teams use the "Rams" nickname, most notably the English football club Derby County FC, the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League and the teams representing Fordham University, Colorado State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Rhode Island and Suffolk University.

• In WTO

- RAM is an abbreviation used for Recently Acceded Members (i.e. countries who got WTO membership only recently)