SM

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SM or sm may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Gaming

• Shootmania
• Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000), a fictional army in Warhammer 40,000
• StepMania, a cross-platform rhythm video game and engine
• Super Mario (disambiguation)
• Super Metroid, a 1994 action-adventure video game

Music

• Smash Mouth, an American rock band
• Streetlight Manifesto, an American ska band
• The Suicide Machines, an American punk/ska band
• Stephen Malkmus (born 1966), lead singer of now-defunct Pavement
• Spiritual Machines, a 2001 album by rock band Our Lady Peace
• Spider-Man, comic book superhero
• Superman, comic book superhero

In business and economics

• Service mark, an unofficial trademark used for services rather than products
  • Service mark symbol, designated ℠
• Spesmilo, a unit of currency abbreviated Sm

Businesses and organizations

Transportation

• SM Coaches, a bus and coach operating company based in Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom
• Savoia-Marchetti, an Italian aircraft company
• Shanghai Metro, a metro system serving Shanghai, China
• Spirit of Manila Airlines (IATA airline code SM)
• St. Mary's Railroad (reporting mark SM)
• Swedline Express (former IATA airline code SM)

Other businesses and organizations

• S.M. Entertainment, a South Korean talent agency, classical music, dance
• SM Prime Holdings, a Philippine retail operator
• SM Supermalls, a chain of shopping malls in the Philippines
• SM-liiga, the top professional ice hockey league in Finland
• SM-sarja, the former top level of ice hockey in Finland
• Service Merchandise, an online retailer
• Society of Mary (disambiguation)
• Syndicat de la Magistrature, a French union

Places

• SM postcode area, UK, in London, England
• San Marino, a sovereign nation within the borders of Italy
• San Mateo, California
• Santa Maria, California
• Santa Monica, California
• Satu Mare, Romania

Science and technology

Astronomy

• Sm, a type of spiral irregular galaxy, see Magellanic spiral
• SkyMapper sky survey, in astronomy

Biology and medicine

• Patient S.M., a patient with bilateral amygdala damage and a lack of fear response
• James Edward Smith (1759–1828), botanist (Sm. in botanical citations)
• Syringomyelia, a chronic medical condition caused by fluid filled cysts within the spinal cord

Computing

• .sm, San Marino top-level Internet domain
• SM (computer), 'System of Machines', DEC's PDP and VAX compatible computers developed in USSR
• SM (plotting), supermongo, an interactive plotting software
• Secure messaging, a method to protect sensitive data
• Set Mode (ANSI), an ANSI X3.64 escape sequence
• SmartMedia, a flash memory card standard
• Software maintenance, a service provided by a partner organisation or external technician
• Status message (instant messaging)
• Streaming multiprocessors, specialized processors for running CUDA Kernels

Measurements

• Statute mile, a unit of measure equal to 5280 feet or 1609.344 meters, abbreviation sm
• standard cubic meter, used in atmospheric science for a cubic meter of gas under STP

Physics and chemistry

• Samarium, a chemical element, symbol Sm
• Standard Model, a quantum field theory
• Statistical mechanics, in physics

Psychology

• Sadomasochism, a gratification from acts involving the infliction or receiving of pain or humiliation
• Selective mutism, an anxiety disorder in which someone is unable to speak in given situations, or to specific people
• Self-mutilation

Vehicles

• Citroën SM, an automobile
• Service module, part of the Apollo spacecraft
• Spec Miata, a class of racing car

Titles, ranks, and awards

Military

• Sacrifice Medal (SM), awarded by Canada to those who die as a result of military service or are wounded by hostile action
• Sena Medal (SM), a Indian Military Award
• Service member, a member of a branch of the military
• Signalman (rank), a former rank of the U.S. Navy
• Soldier's Medal, a military award of the United States Army
• Southern Cross Medal (SM), a South African military award

Other titles, ranks, and awards

• Medal of Service of the Order of Canada, used SM as its post-nominal letters
• Scientiæ Magister or Master of Science, an alternate name for the academic degree used by Harvard University and MIT
• Scout Master, the leader of a troop in the Boy Scouts of America
• Studio manager, a job title in several media professions
• Scrum Master, a role in an agile software development framework

Other uses

• Samoan language (ISO 639-1 code "sm)
• Small (disambiguation)
• Stage management, the practice of organizing and coordinating a theatrical production
• Supplementary Member, a democratic voting system

See also

• S&M (disambiguation)