FM (disambiguation)

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FM can refer to:

[edit] In science and engineering

  • Frequency modulation, the carrying of information over an electromagnetic wave by varying its frequency. Its most common applications are:
  • Fm, the chemical symbol for fermium
  • Ferrous metal, any ferromagnetic metal (iron, nickel, cobalt, neodymium, or praseodymium)
  • Fathom, a marine unit of length
  • fm, the symbol for femtometre, an SI unit of length (also known as the fermi)
  • File manager, in computing
  • .fm, country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) of the Federated States of Micronesia
  • FM Towns, one of a line of personal computers by Fujitsu
  • Titanium tetrachloride, a chemical found in some smoke screens

[edit] People

  • FM Einheit, German musician, ex-member of Einstürzende Neubauten
  • F.M. Dostoevsky, prominent Russian writer of the 19th century
  • FM-2030, a transhumanist philosopher

[edit] Titles

[edit] Places

  • Fargo-Moorhead, a metropolitan area comprising Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota, United States (more commonly abbreviated "F-M")
  • Federated States of Micronesia: ISO 3166-1 country code, FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code, and postal code

[edit] Businesses and organizations

  • Fannie Mae, a colloquial name for the United States' Federal National Mortgage Association
  • Freddie Mac, a similar colloquialism for the United States' Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
  • FM Global, a company that specializes in property protection by providing insurance and risk management services
  • Fairbanks-Morse, an historic American (and Canadian) industrial weighing scale manufacturer
  • Shanghai Airlines: IATA airline designator
  • Fabricaciones Militares, an Argentinian military equipment and weapons manufacturer (short for: DGFM - Direccion General de Fabricaciones Militares).

[edit] In entertainment

[edit] In music

[edit] Musical artists

[edit] Other