Ram

A ram is a male sheep. A castrated ram is a weether.

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In Hinduism, Ram is a generic term that may refer to any deity. See List of Hinduism-related articles for more information on Hindu gods.

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\nRam is also the name of a Paul McCartney album, released in 1971.\n---- A battering ram is a long siege weapon designed to break down doors, city gates, walls, etc.

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In computing, RAM is random access memory.

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\nRam was also a naval ship class in the sixties years of the 19th century, whose principal weapon was its own bow. The bow of ram was hardened and reinforced to break the hull of an enemy ship. Rams were especially used during the American Civil War. They were often ironclads.\n----\nRam or mast-ram is a system which controls the bend of a modern dinghy mast. The ram pushes the mast fore or aft to increase or decrease the bend of the mast at deck level - As a result the mainsail is either deepened or flattened increasing or decreasing the wind-generated power.\nAs a side effect the leech of the mainsail is either twisted or tensionned giving more or less pointing ability to the boat into the wind. \n---- The term RAM is also sometimes used to refer to radar absorbing materials.

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\nA hydraulic ram can be a type of water pump. The term can also refer to the hydraulic ram used as an extrication tool. simple:Ram