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ram-pack

noun, verb, adj — 4 senses

RAM pack

nounalso spelled RAM pack
1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A hardware module containing RAM for use by another device.

  • Currently the Ace (for which a 16K RAM pack is obtainable) is one of the lowest priced machines available.1985, John P Killingbeck, Microcomputer Quantum Mechanics:
  • After preprogramming, the player can insert the RAM pack into the slot and push a button, and the instrument will load the information and set the registers.2002, Wendy Horobin, How It Works: Science and Technology:

ram-pack

verb
1

To pack tightly by applying pressure.

  • Workers who tend machines that fill and ram-pack hogsheads are classified as PACKER OPERATOR, AUTOMATIC (tobacco).1991, Dictionary of Occupational Titles - Volume 2, page 934:
  • Besey removed her back hoofs from a box where she'd been ram-packing papers in.2012, Keevy McAlavy, The Stench of Space, →ISBN, page 332:
2

Broadly To fill to capacity.

  • Editor John T. Amber has ram-packed its 400 giant pages with everything you want to know about guns from the earliest Winchesters (like my Model 1866) to the newest stainless steel revolvers! Handloading, ballistics charts, antique and custom guns, field tests, target shooting and more are covered in remarkable detail.1966, American Rifleman - Volume 114, Issue 9, page 11:

ram-pack

adj
1

Associated with ram-packing.

  • After machining, teeth are milled, ram-pack hardened, and then precision ground in line with 0.500 locating hole in end of ram.1954, American Machinist - Volume 98, page 178:
  • A ram-pack grouting method for setting turbine-generator sole plates has been developed which assures ...1963, ELECTRICAL WORLD, page 86:
1 more example
  • A method of ram-pack grouting for setting the sole plates of the turbine generator quickly and effectively was developed, thus assuring a permanent and positive support.1975, The Indian Concrete Journal - Volume 49, page 293:

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