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}]
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 <hardware> 1. {parallel random-access machine}. 2. {parameter RAM}.
PRAM Parameter Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, Apple), "P-RAM"
PRAM Phase-change Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, Intel)