Sam
Appearance
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Sam, SAM or variants may refer to:
Places
[change | change source]- SAM, IATA airport code for Salamo Airport in Papua, New Guinea
- SAM, IOC and FIFA country code for American Samoa
- Sam, Benin
- Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso
- Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso
- Sam, Iran
- Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso
- Sam, Teton County, Idaho, a populated place located in Idaho
People and language
[change | change source]- Sam (given name), a list of people with the given name
- Sam (surname), a list of people with the surname
- Cen (surname) (岑), romanized "Sam" in Cantonese
- Shen (surname) (沈), often romanized "Sam" in Cantonese
- Sam languages, comprising Somali, Rendille and Boni
- Sam language of New Guinea
- Sam (Book of Mormon), elder brother of Nephi
- Sām, a Persian folk hero
- Shem, Noah's son
Animals
[change | change source]- Sam (army dog) (died 2000)
- Sam (horse) (b 1815), British Thoroughbred
- Sam (koala) (died 2009), rescued after 2009 bush fires in Victoria, Australia
- Sam (orangutan), in the movie Dunston Checks In
- Sam (ugly dog) (1990–2005), voted the world's ugliest dog in 2003, 2004, and 2005
- Unsinkable Sam (died 1955), cat, survived the sinking of 3 ships during WWII
Art, entertainment, and media
[change | change source]- Sam (1967 film), a 1976 film directed by Larry Buchanan
- Sam (1986 film), a 1986 documentary film
- Sam (Osvajači album), 1995
- Sam (Škabo album), 2003
- "Sam" (Olivia Newton-John song), 1977
- Sam (1973 TV series), British drama
- Sam (1978 TV series), US crime drama
- S.A.M. (comics), a French comic book
- SAM Awards, for South Australian Music Awards given by Music SA
Business
[change | change source]Brands and enterprises
[change | change source]- SAM (vehicles), a Greek truck manufacturer
- S.A.M.: Simply About Music, a satellite-driven radio network
- SAM, stock ticker of Boston Beer Company, the brewers of Samuel Adams beer
- SAM Colombia, a Colombian airline
- SAM Records, an American disco/post-disco record company
- Società Aerea Mediterranea, an Italian airline 1926-1934 and 1959-1981
Business terminology
[change | change source]- Serviceable available market
- Shared appreciation mortgage
- Social accounting matrix of transactions in an economy
- System for Award Management (SAM), U.S. Government supplier database
Museums
[change | change source]- Seattle Art Museum
- SAM, museum code for the South Australian Museum
Organizations
[change | change source]- Scientific Advice Mechanism of the European Commission
- Serve America Movement, an American political party
- Snowmobile Association of Massachusetts
- Society of American Magicians
Science and technology
[change | change source]Biology, chemistry and medicine
[change | change source]- Phytelephas seemannii, known in Cuna as 'sam'
- S-Adenosyl methionine, a common co-substrate involved in methyl group transfers
- SAM, a candidate phylum of bacteria
- SAMtools (for Sequence Alignment Map), a data storage format for DNA sequencing
- Self-assembled monolayer of amphiphilic molecules
- Shoot apical meristem, a plant tissue
- Significance analysis of microarrays, in DNA microanalysis
- Spore photoproduct lyase, an enzyme
- Sorting and assembly machinery, a protein complex in the outer mitochondrial membrane
- Segmental arterial mediolysis, a medical condition affecting the arteries
Physics and astronomy
[change | change source]- Southern Annular Mode of southern hemisphere atmospheric variability
- Swinging Atwood's machine
- SAm, an unbarred Magellanic spiral galaxy
Software and computing
[change | change source]- SAM (file format) or Sequence Alignment Map, a data format used in bioinformatics.
- SAM (chatbot)
- Sam (text editor)
- Microsoft Sam, a voice for the screen reader in Windows 2000 and XP
- SAM Broadcaster, an Internet radio broadcasting application
- SAM Coupé, an 8-bit British home computer
- SAM Lock Tool, better known as Syskey
- Sequential access memory
- Simple Anonymous Messaging, a protocol specification used in the I2P network layer
- Simulation for Automatic Machinery, two minicomputers
- Software asset management
- Software Automatic Mouth, speech synthesis program
- SAM (Synchronous Address Multiplexer), a chip in some 8-bit computers
- Syriac Abbreviation Mark, a Unicode control character
Security
[change | change source]- SAM card (Security Authentication Module card), holding cryptographic keys
- Secure access module
- Security Account Manager in Microsoft Windows
Other
[change | change source]- Scanning acoustic microscope
- Sample Analysis at Mars, on the Curiosity rover
- Scanning Auger microscope in Auger electron spectroscopy
- Small article monitor, screening for radioactive contamination
- Sparse antimagic square, in mathematics
- Stop action magnet in a pipe organ
- Surface-to-air missile, an anti-aircraft missile
Sports
[change | change source]- Sam (mascot), 1984 Summer Olympics
- Strongside linebacker, gridiron football nickname
Other uses
[change | change source]- Sandy Area Metro, Oregon, US
- Special administrative measures, in US law
- Uncle Sam, a personification of the US government
- Synodically Authorized Minister, often used in parentheses after an officiator's name
Related pages
[change | change source]- Sam and the Womp, a British band
- Sam FM (disambiguation)
- Samantha, Samhita, Samskruthi, female given names often shortened to "Sam"
- Sammy (disambiguation), an informal variation on the name "Sam"
- Samsø, earlier Samsey, literally "Sam's island"
- Samuel (name)
- Son of Sam
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