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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

pram
    n 1: a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child
         is pushed around [syn: baby buggy, baby carriage,
         carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart,
         pushchair, pusher]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Perambulator \Per*am"bu*la`tor\, n.
   1. One who perambulates.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It
      consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the
      ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate
      upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See
      Odometer.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing; a baby
      carriage; -- called also pram, in Britain.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Praam \Praam\, n. [D. praam; cf. G. prahm, F. prame; all of
   Slavonic origin, from a word akin to E. fare. See Fare.]
   (Naut.)
   A flat-bottomed boat or lighter, -- used in Holland and the
   Baltic, and sometimes armed in case of war. [Written also
   pram, and prame.]
   [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pram \Pram\ (pr[a^]m), Prame \Prame\ (pr[=a]m), n. (Naut.)
   See Praam.
   [1913 Webster]

5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pram \Pram\ (pr[a^]m), n.
   a perambulator[3]; -- British informal shortened form.
   [PJC]

6. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)

PRAM
       Parameter Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, Apple), "P-RAM"

7. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)

PRAM
       Phase-change Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, Intel)

8. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

PRAM

    1. parallel random-access machine.

   2. parameter RAM.

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