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Lam vs Ram - What's the difference?

lam | ram |

As a noun lam

is a flap (on the sides of a truck's bed).

As a proper noun ram is

rome.

lam

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lemja.

Noun

(-)
  • Used in the expression on the lam to mean that a person is fleeing law enforcement, possibly in hiding.

    • Verb

  • To beat or thrash

    • Derived terms

    * lambaste

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, .

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    ram

    English

    Acronym

    (Acronym) (head) (wikipedia RAM)
  • (electronics, computing) random access memory
  • (project management) responsibility assignment matrix
  • (risk management) reliability availability maintainability
  • (military) radar-absorbent material, a material absorbant to radar
  • (Royal Academy of Music)

    • Derived terms

    * NVRAM * SRAM * DRAM * SDRAM * FRAM * MRAM

    Related terms

    * ROM

    See also

    * flash memory * bubble memory * core memory * WORM

    Anagrams

    * * * *