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Ox vs Ram - What's the difference?

ox | ram |

As nouns the difference between ox and ram

is that ox is an adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus while ram is a male sheep.

As proper nouns the difference between ox and ram

is that ox is a Chinese constellation located near Capricorn, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle while Ram is the constellation Aries.

As an acronym RAM is

random access memory.

As a verb ram is

to intentionally collide with (a ship) with the intention of damaging or sinking it.

ox

English

(wikipedia ox)

Noun

(oxen)
  • An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus )
  • Any bovine animal (tribe Bovini ) used as a beast of burden
  • Derived terms

    * grunting ox * have the black ox tread on one's foot * Indian ox * Japanese ox * Javan ox * musk ox * ox bile * ox bow * ox gall * ox pith * ox is in the ditch * ox ray *

    Descendants

    * Abenaki: (l) * Malecite-Passamaquoddy: (l) * Unami: ----

    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

    See also

    * flash memory * bubble memory * core memory * WORM

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