DRAM

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DRAM/ˈdiːram/

▶abbreviation Electronics dynamic random-access memory.

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dram1 /dram/

▶noun

• 1 chiefly Scottish a small drink of spirits.

• 2 a drachm.

– origin ME: from OFr. drame, dragme or med. L. drama, dragma (see drachm).

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dram2 /drɑːm/

▶noun the basic monetary unit of Armenia, equal to 100 luma.

– origin Armenian, lit. ‘coin, money’, from Gk drakhmē drachma.