Gram (disambiguation)
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Gram may refer to:
- In science and technology,
- Gram, a unit of measurement of mass
- Gram-force, see kilogram-force
- Gram staining, a method of distinguishing bacteria, and the Gram-positive and Gram-negative results of this
- In grid computing, the Globus (or: Grid) Resource Allocation Manager (GRAM) [1], a component of the Globus Toolkit.
- GPS Receiver Applications Module
- Graphic Realational Array Management System - a popular Software for Spectroscopy
- In literature,
- Gram (mythology), a sword in Norse mythology
- Gram of Denmark, a legendary Danish king
- Gram (Middle-earth), a King of Rohan from J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction
- In agriculture
- Gram, from Latin granum (seed), is sometimes used to refer to chickpeas and similar plants with edible seeds
- Green gram = Mung bean
- Bengal gram = Chickpea
- Red gram = Pigeon pea
- Black gram = urad
- Horse gram
- It may also refer to lentils
- Gram, from Latin granum (seed), is sometimes used to refer to chickpeas and similar plants with edible seeds
- People and places,
- Grandmother
- Jørgen Pedersen Gram, a Danish mathematician and actuary
- Hans Christian Gram, the Danish scientist who invented Gram staining (above)
- Peder Gram, a Danish composer
- Zénobe Gramme, a Belgian electrical engineer
- Shortened form of the name Graham
- Gram municipality, a municipality in Denmark