DM

DM, Dm, dm, or D.M. may stand for:

Academia

• Doctor of Management, an academic management degree
• Doctorate in Medicine, an academic medical degree
• Doctor of Music, an academic music-performance degree, also known as D.M.A

Science

• Adamsite, a chemical agent used in riot control
• decimetre, or decimeter, the symbol for the SI unit of length
• Degenerative myelopathy, a condition in dogs affecting the spinal cord
• Dextromethorphan, an anti-coughing drug found in many preparations
• Diabetes mellitus, a disease characterized by high blood sugar
• Cantor's diagonal argument (diagonal metho), a mathematical proof of the uncountability of real numbers
• Dichroic mirror, a mirror with different transmittance or reflectance at two different wavelengths
• Dispersion measure, the amount of dispersion of radio waves by interstellar medium
• Distributed morphology, a framework for theories of morphology in generative linguistics
• Dry matter, a measurement of the mass of something when completely dried
• Myotonic dystrophy, dystrophia myotonica, DM-1/2/3, a disease characterized by wasting of muscles
• Difference due to Memory, an event related potential differentiating between later remembered versus forgotten items

Computing

• 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 for automatically updating the software on mobile phone
• Device-mapper, a component of the Linux kernel that supports logical volume management
• Digital Mars, an American software company developing compilers
• Direct Message, used at Twitter
• DM (computing), Display Manager, a window system for Apollo/Domain workstations running AEGIS (Domain/OS)

Game

• Deathmatch (gaming), a gameplay mode integrated into first-person shooter computer games
• Duel Masters Trading Card Game, a collectible card game in Japan, Europe, North America
• Dungeon Master, the storyteller and referee in the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons
• Dungeon monitor, a safety official at BDSM parties

Currency

• Deutsche Mark (1948–2002), the former official currency of Germany
• East German mark (1951–1990), initially Deutsche Mark, the former official currency of East Germany

Business

• Direct market, the dominant distribution and retail network for North American comic books
• Direct marketing or direct mail, a type of marketing sending messages directly to consumers
• Maersk Air, IATA code DM, a former Danish airline which operated from 1969 until 2005

Military

• Designated marksman, a soldier fulfilling the marksman role in an infantry squad
• Royal Naval Armaments Depot, Defense Munitions, sites are prefixed DM
• Davis-Monthan, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, AZ

Music

• Danger Mouse (born 1977), an American musical artist and producer
• Danse Manatee, the second studio album by Animal Collective
• Death Magnetic (2008), the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica
• Death metal, a musical style evolving from thrash metal
• Definitely Maybe (1994), the debut album of British rock band Oasis
• Drum major, the leader of a marching band
• DrumMania, a music video game
• Dm, a minor chord on D

Bands

• Depeche Mode, an English synthpop band formed in 1980
• Diabolical Masquerade
• Disarmonia Mundi, an Italian melodic death metal band from Turin
• Dark Moor, a Spanish heavy metal band from Madrid
• Dangerous Muse, an American electropop duo based in New York City

Places

• Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean Sea
  • DM, the nation's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code
  • .dm, the nation's country code top-level domain
• Des Moines, the capital of the state of Iowa in the United States

People

• Dennis Miller (born 1953), an American entertainer, stand-up comedian, TV personality
• Dean Malenko (born 1960), a pro wrestler
• David Miscavige (born 1960), a chairman of RTC (Religious Technology Center)
• Dave Mustaine (born 1961), a guitarist and songwriter of Megadeth

Other

• Dance Marathon, a multiple-day charity event on U.S. college campuses
• Danger Mouse (TV Series), a British animated television series
• Daily Motion, a video sharing website
• Digital Monolithic, a National Semiconductor prefix for their digital logic integrated circuits
• Dr. Martens, a brand of boots
• Defensive Midfielder, an association football position
• Divemaster, a title in scuba diving
• SJ Dm3, and Dm, a Swedish locomotives
• WWDM, a radio station licensed to Sumter, South Carolina, United States

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