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[edit] 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.

[edit] 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
  • Direct Message, Twitter direct message, as in "DM me"

[edit] 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

[edit] Social sciences and society

  • Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean Sea not to be confused with the Dominican Republic
  • 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

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