"DRAM" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: DRAMs [plural]
enPR: dēˈrām' Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} DRAM (countable and uncountable, plural DRAMs)
  1. (electronics) Initialism of dynamic random access memory. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: dynamic random access memory Categories (topical): Electronics Derived forms: SDRAM, FP DRAM, EDO DRAM Related terms: SRAM (english: static random access memory), NVRAM, RAM (english: random access memory), FRAM, MRAM, bubble memory, core memory

Inflected forms

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