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Pam vs Ram - What's the difference?

pam | ram |

As nouns the difference between pam and ram

is that pam is the jack of clubs in loo played with hands of 5 cards while ram is a male sheep.

As verbs the difference between pam and ram

is that pam is to pan while ram is to intentionally collide with (a ship) with the intention of damaging or sinking it.

As proper nouns the difference between pam and ram

is that pam is a diminutive of the female given name Pamela while Ram is the constellation Aries.

As an initialism PAM

is power Amplitude Modulation.

As an acronym RAM is

random access memory.

pam

English

Etymology 1

Probably short for (etyl) , special use of man's name.

Noun

(en noun)
  • The jack of clubs in loo played with hands of 5 cards.
  • A card game, similar to napoleon, in which the jack of clubs is the highest trump.

    • Etymology 2

    Probably alteration of (pan).

    Verb

  • To pan.

    • Anagrams

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    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

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