pram

8 definitions found

pram - 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]

  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]

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

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

pram - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

pram - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  PRAM
  
     <hardware> 1. parallel random access machine.
  
     2. parameter RAM.
  

pram - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

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

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