DBM or dbm may refer to:

Science and technology

dBm DBM or dbm may refer to: Science and technology * dBm, a unit for power measurement * DBM (computing), family of key-value database engines including dbm, ndbm, gdbm, and Berkeley DB * Database Manager (DBM), a component of 1987's ''Extended Edi ...

, a unit for power measurement *

DBM (computing) In computing, a DBM is a library and file format providing fast, single-keyed access to data. A key-value database from the original Unix, ''dbm'' is an early example of a NoSQL system. History The original ''dbm'' library and file format was ...

, family of key-value database engines including dbm, ndbm, gdbm, and Berkeley DB * Database Manager (DBM), a component of 1987's ''Extended Edition v1.0'' release of IBM's

OS/2 OS/2 (Operating System/2) is a series of computer operating systems, initially created by Microsoft and IBM under the leadership of IBM software designer Ed Iacobucci. As a result of a feud between the two companies over how to position OS/2 ...

operating system *

Dibenzoylmethane Dibenzoylmethane (DBM) is an organic compound with the formula (C6H5C(O))2CH2. DBM is the name for a 1,3-diketone, but the compound exists primarily as one of two equivalent enol tautomers. DBM (actually its enol) is a white solid. Due to their ...

, an aromatic diketone: 1,3-diphenylpropane-1,3-dione *

Dibromomethane Preparation Dibromomethane is prepared commercially from dichloromethane via bromochloromethane: :6 CH2Cl2 + 3 Br2 + 2 Al → 6 CH2BrCl + 2 AlCl3 :CH2Cl2 + HBr → CH2BrCl + HCl The latter route requires aluminium trichloride as a catal ...

, a halomethane *

Difference bound matrix In model checking, a field of computer science, a difference bound matrix (DBM) is a data structure used to represent some convex polytopes called zones. This structure can be used to efficiently implement some geometrical operations over zones, suc ...

, a data structure used in a field of computer science *

Dibutyl maleate Dibutyl maleate is an organic compound with the formula (CHCO2Bu)2 (Bu = butyl). It is the diester of the unsaturated dicarboxylic acid maleic acid. It is a colorless oily liquid, although impure samples can appear yellow. Preparation Dibutyl ma ...

, an organic chemical compound

Other uses

* D. B. M. Patnaik (1925–2009), Indian lawyer, politician and communist leader *

De Bellis Multitudinis De Bellis Multitudinis (DBM) () is a ruleset for table-top miniatures wargames for the period 3000 BC to 1485 AD. It is the big battle development of De Bellis Antiquitatis. As its name implies, it is aimed primarily at simulating large bat ...

, a wargame ruleset *

Department of Budget and Management The Department of Budget and Management (DBM; fil, Kagawaran ng Badyet at Pamamahala) is an executive body under the Office of the President of the Philippines. It is responsible for the sound and efficient use of government resources for nati ...

, the executive department in the Philippines *

D-flat minor D-flat minor is a theoretical key based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B, and C. Its key signature has six flats and one double flat. Its relative major is F-flat major, which is usually replaced by E major. Its parallel m ...

, a theoretical musical key {{disambiguation