RAM
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1 GB of DDR RAM (memory, sense 1)
English
Pronunciation
Noun
RAM (plural RAMs)
- (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
- (computer science) Acronym of random-access machine.
- Coordinate term: PRAM
- (physical sciences) Acronym of relative atomic mass. (sometimes styled r.a.m.)
- Coordinate terms: atomic weight, atomic mass
- (project management) Acronym of responsibility assignment matrix.
- (risk management) Acronym of reliability availability maintainability.
- (military) Acronym of radar-absorbent material, a material which absorbs radar.
Translations
random access memory — see also random access memory
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Proper noun
RAM
- Initialism of Royal Academy of Music.
- Initialism of Rise Above Movement.
Further reading
random-access memory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - random-access machine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
RAM n or m (strong, genitive RAMs or RAM, plural (rare) RAMs or RAM)
- (electronics, computing) RAM (random-access memory)
- Synonym: Arbeitsspeicher
Declension
Declension of RAM
Further reading
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
RAM (plural RAM-ok)
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
Japanese
Alternative forms
- ランダムアクセスメモリ (randamu akusesu memori)
- ランダムアクセスメモリー (randamu akusesu memorī)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
See also
References
- ^ “ロム 【ＲＯＭ】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)
(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.)
