DM
DM or dm may stand for:
Science
- Decimetre (dm), a unit of length in the metric system
- Adamsite, a chemical agent used in riot control
- Dextromethorphan, an antitussive (anti-coughing) drug that is found in many over-the-counter cold and cough preparations
- Diabetes mellitus, a disease characterized by high blood sugar
- Doctor of Management (D.M.), an academic degree awarded for advanced study and research in management
- Doctor of Medicine, an academic degree for medical doctors at a few English and Indian Universities
- HLA-DM, an intracellular protein that removes CLIP from MHC Class II during antigen processing
- Doctor of Metaphysics (DM; also used as Msc.D.), former academic degree now known as a doctoral degree in religion
- Dispersion measure, a quantity used to describe the amount of dispersion of radio waves by the interstellar medium.
- Dystrophia myotonica, also known as myotonic dystrophy, DM-1, DM-2 or DM-3, are inherited disorders that can affect multiple systems.
Computing
- DM (computing), the default window system for Apollo/Domain workstations running AEGIS (Domain/OS) operating system
- Data mart, a specialized version of a data warehouse
- Data mining, the process of automatically searching large volumes of data for patterns
- Device Management, a standard where users do not have to worry about managing the software on their mobile phone
- Device-mapper, a component of the Linux kernel that supports logical volume management
- Dream Maker, the programming language/compiler bundled with the BYOND suite of programs
- DM disk manager
- Digital Mars, a small American software company
- Direct Message, Twitter direct message, as in "DM me"
Art and culture
- DangerMouse, a British animated television series
- Digital Media, a Masters level program offered at Georgia Institute of Technology
- Danger Mouse (born 1977), American musical artist and producer
- Deathmatch (gaming), a widely-used gameplay mode integrated into first-person shooter computer games
- Death metal, a musical style evolving from thrash metal
- Dennis Miller (born 1953), American entertainer, stand-up comedian, political and social commentator and television personality
- Depeche Mode, an English electronic rock band formed in 1980.
- Disarmonia Mundi, an Italian melodic death metal band from Turin.
- Cantor's diagonal argument (diagonal method), a compositional rule of thumb in photography
- DrumMania, a music video game
- Duel Masters Trading Card Game, a popular collectible card game in Japan, Europe, and North America
- Dungeon Master, a selected player who describes the game to the other players in the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons
Social sciences and society
- Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean Sea not to be confused with the Dominican Republic
- DM, the nation's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code
- .dm, the nation's country code top-level domain
- Direct marketing or direct mail, a type of marketing that attempts to send its messages directly to consumers.
- Designated marksman, a military marksman role in a U.S. infantry squad that uses a scoped semi-automatic weapon to engage medium to long-range targets
- Dance Marathon, a multiple-day charity event on United States college campuses to raise money for local charitable organizations
- Deutsche Mark, former official currency of Germany used between 1948 and 2002, when it was replaced by the Euro
- Mark der DDR (East German mark or eastern mark), former official currency of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) used between 1951 and 1990, initially called the Deutsche Mark
- Dungeon monitor, a safety official at BDSM parties
- Maersk Air (IATA code DM), a former Danish airline which operated from 1969 to 2005
Music
- Definitely Maybe, the debut album by British rock band Oasis
Other
- Dean Malenko, pro wrestler
- Dave Mustaine, musician
- David Miscavige, Chair of RTC
- SJ Dm3, a Swedish locomotive
- Defensive Midfielder, football positioning
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "DM". Image Credit.
