 |
Look up cram in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Cram may refer to:
- Cram (surname), a surname, and list of notable persons having the surname
- Cram (game show), a TV game show that aired on the Game Show Network
- Cram, a fictional type of bread in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
- Cramming (education), a slang term for last-minute study
- Cram school, a specialized school that trains students to pass entrance exams
- Cram (game), an impartial mathematical game similar to domineering
CRAM may refer to:
- NCR CRAM, Card Random Access Memory, a computer memory technology developed by NCR
- CRAM, Centro Ricerca Artistica Mezzocorona, Centre for Art Research in Mezzocorona/Kronmetz, Italy
- Chalcogenide RAM, Chalcogenide random access memory, a phase-change computer memory technology
- Challenge-response authentication, Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism, a computer security procedure
- Counter-RAM, Counter-Rockets, Artillery and Mortars, a weapons system
- MS-CRAM, also known as Microsoft Video 1, a codec
- CRAM_diet, the Cereal, Rice, And Milk diet, an alternative to the BRAT_diet
See also [link]
- CRAMM, CCTA Risk Analysis and Method Management
- C-RAM (disambiguation)
- Cram (software), software
 |
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. |
https://wn.com/Cram
Cram (game)
Cram is a mathematical game played on a sheet of graph paper. It is the impartial version of Domineering and the only difference in the rules is that each player may place their dominoes in either orientation, but it results in a very different game. It has been called by many names, including "plugg" by Geoffrey Mott-Smith, and "dots-and-pairs." Cram was popularized by Martin Gardner in Scientific American.
Rules
The game is played on a sheet of graph paper, with any set of designs traced out. It is most commonly played on rectangular board like a 6×6 square or a checkerboard, but it can also be played on an entirely irregular polygon or a cylindrical board.
Two players have a collection of dominoes which they place on the grid in turn. A player can place a domino either horizontally or vertically. Contrary to the related game of Domineering, the possible moves are the same for the two players, and Cram is then an impartial game.
As for all impartial games, there are two possible conventions for victory : in the normal game, the first player who cannot move loses, and on the contrary, in the misère version, the first player who cannot move wins.
Cram (surname)
Cram is a surname, and may refer to
