FM or Fm may refer to:

Technology and computing

Frequency modulation Frequency modulation (FM) is the encoding of information in a carrier wave by varying the instantaneous frequency of the wave. The technology is used in telecommunications, radio broadcasting, signal processing, and Run-length limited#FM: .280. ...

, the carrying of information over an electromagnetic wave by varying its frequency. Its most common applications are: **

FM broadcasting FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM). Invented in 1933 by American engineer Edwin Armstrong, wide-band FM is used worldwide to provide high fidelity sound over broadcast radio. FM broadcasting is cap ...

, used primarily to broadcast music and speech at VHF frequencies via radio **

FM broadcast band The FM broadcast band is a range of radio frequencies used for FM broadcasting by radio stations. The range of frequencies used differs between different parts of the world. In Europe and Africa (defined as International Telecommunication Union (I ...

, frequency band used for FM broadcasting * .fm, country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) of the Federated States of Micronesia *

FM Towns The is a Japanese personal computer, built by Fujitsu from February 1989 to the summer of 1997. It started as a proprietary PC variant intended for multimedia applications and PC games, but later became more compatible with IBM PC compatibles. ...

, one of a line of personal computers by Fujitsu *

Formula Mazda Formula Mazda is a class of relatively affordable open wheel formula racing. Formula Mazda has its own class in SCCA club racing, and there is a North American professional series called the Indy Pro 2000 Championship (formerly the Pro Ma ...

, SCCA Class designation FM *

Nissan FM platform The Nissan FM platform is a modern FR automobile layout. The name is derived from the " front midships" location of the engine, with its center of mass located behind the front axle centerline, shifting weight to the middle of the car, leaving the ...

, a "front midships" automobile layout *

Volvo FM The Volvo FM is a heavy truck range produced by the Swedish company Volvo Trucks. It was originally introduced as FM7, FM10 and FM12 in 1998. FM stands for Forward control Medium height cab, where the numbers denominate an engine capacity in litre ...

, heavy truck range

Science and medicine

* fm, the symbol for

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, a unit of length also called a fermi * fM, the symbol for femtomolar, a unit of

molar concentration Molar concentration (also called molarity, amount concentration or substance concentration) is a measure of the concentration of a chemical species, in particular of a solute in a solution, in terms of amount of substance per unit volume of solut ...

Fermium Fermium is a synthetic element with the symbol Fm and atomic number 100. It is an actinide and the heaviest element that can be formed by neutron bombardment of lighter elements, and hence the last element that can be prepared in macroscopic qua ...

, a chemical element with symbol Fm * FM (chemotherapy), a chemotherapy regimen using Fludarabine and Mitoxantrone *

Family medicine Family medicine is a medical specialty within primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. The specialist, who is usually a primary ...

, a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages *

Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia (FM) is a medical condition defined by the presence of chronic widespread pain, fatigue, waking unrefreshed, cognitive symptoms, lower abdominal pain or cramps, and depression. Other symptoms include insomnia and a general hyp ...

, a chronic syndrome

Film and television

* ''FM'' (film), 1978 *

FM (TV channel) FM (an initialism for Fuse Music) is an American digital cable television network that launched on September 30, 2015. The network replaced NuvoTV, which was merged into Fuse on the same day. History At the 2015 upfronts, it was announced that ...

, American TV network * ''FM'' (American TV series), an American sitcom broadcast from 1989–1990 * ''FM'' (British TV series), British sitcom broadcast in 2009

Music

Musical artists

FM (British band) FM are a British rock band (referred to as FM UK in North America to avoid confusion with the Canadian progressive rock band FM). They have released thirteen studio albums to date. Three of those, '' Indiscreet'', '' Tough It Out'' and 2015's ...

, a British AOR/hard rock band *

FM (Canadian band) FM is a Canadian progressive rock music group formed in 1976 in Toronto, by Cameron Hawkins and Jeff Plewman (renamed Nash the Slash). The band existed from 1976 to 1989, 1994–1996, 2006, and 2011–present. They have had periods of inactivit ...

, a Canadian progressive rock band *

FM Static FM Static is a Canadian Christian pop punk duo based in Toronto, Ontario. The band was formed in 2003 as a side project for Thousand Foot Krutch. The band consists of Trevor McNevan and Steve Augustine. The original lineup included John Bunne ...

, a Canadian pop punk duo *

F.M. Einheit Frank-Martin Strauß, better known as F.M. Einheit and also known as Mufti, (born 18 December 1958, in Dortmund) is an industrial and electronic musician and actor from Germany. While primarily known for his percussion work with the influential ...

(born 1958), German musician and ex-member of Einstürzende Neubauten *

Far East Movement Far East Movement (abbreviated FM) is an American Hip hop music, hip hop and electronic music group based in Los Angeles. The group formed in 2003 and as of August 2018 consists of Kev Nish (Kevin Nishimura), Prohgress (James Roh), DJ Virman (Vi ...

, a hip hop/electropop quartet based in Los Angeles

Other uses in music

* ''FM'' (soundtrack), the original soundtrack to the 1978 film ''FM'' ** "

FM (No Static at All) "FM (No Static at All)" is a song by American jazz-rock band Steely Dan, the title theme for the 1978 film '' FM''. It made the US Top 40 that year when released as a single, a success relative to the film. Musically, it is a complex jazz-rock ...

", a 1978 song by Steely Dan from the soundtrack *

FM Records Revolver Music was a British record label. It was created by Paul Birch in 1979 as a guitar music label. Its sister labels are FM Records and Heavy Metal Records. History Revolver is best known for signing the Manchester band, The Stone Roses, ...

, a record label * "FM" (short for "frequent mutilation"), a song by

The Slits The Slits were a punk and post-punk band based in London, formed there in 1976 by members of the groups the Flowers of Romance and the Castrators. The group's early line-up consisted of Ari Up (Ariane Forster) and Palmolive (a.k.a. Paloma R ...

* ''FM'' (EP), a 2015 extended play by South Korean girl group Crayon Pop * '' FM!'', a 2018 album by Vince Staples *

F minor F minor is a minor scale based on F, consisting of the pitches F, G, A, B, C, D, and E. Its key signature consists of four flats. Its relative major is A-flat major and its parallel major is F major. Its enharmonic equivalent, E-sharp mi ...

, chords and scale * ''FM'' (album), a 2006 album by the Turkish band Replikas

Businesses and organizations

FM Global FM Global is an American mutual insurance company based in Johnston, Rhode Island, United States, with offices worldwide, that specializes in loss prevention services primarily to large corporations throughout the world in the ''Highly Protecte ...

, a mutual insurance company *

, a record label * Fannie Mae, a colloquial name for the United States'

Federal National Mortgage Association The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), commonly known as Fannie Mae, is a United States government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) and, since 1968, a publicly traded company. Founded in 1938 during the Great Depression as part of the N ...

Future Movement The Future Movement ( ar, تيار المستقبل) is a Lebanese political party affiliated with the Sunni sect. The party was founded as a coalition in 1995 led by Rafic Hariri but was officially founded in 2007. The party is led by Saad Harir ...

, a Lebanese political party *

Franklin & Marshall College Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) is a private liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It employs 175 full-time faculty members and has a student body of approximately 2,400 full-time students. It was founded upon the merger of Fran ...

or F&M, a private liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. *

Shanghai Airlines Shanghai Airlines () is an airline headquartered in Shanghai. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines, but its operations remain separate post-merger, retaining its distinct brand and livery. Shanghai Airlines operates domestic ...

(IATA airline designator), an airline headquartered in Shanghai

People

(born 1958), German musician, ex-member of Einstürzende Neubauten * FM-2030 (1930–2000), transhumanist philosopher *

Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. ( , , ; September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who was the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled under martial ...

(1917–1989), Filipino politician and former President of the Philippines

Places

Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosraethat are spread across the western Pacific. Together, the states comprise a ...

(ISO 3166-1 country code, FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code, and postal code) *

Province of Fermo The province of Fermo ( it, provincia di Fermo) is a province in the Marche region of central Italy. It was established in 2004 and became operational in 2009. Its administrative centre and provincial capital is the city of Fermo (population of 3 ...

, a province of Italy (ISO 3166-2:IT code) *

Flower Mound, Texas Flower Mound is an incorporated town located in Denton and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Located northwest of Dallas and northeast of Fort Worth adjacent to Grapevine Lake, the town derives its name from a prominent mound locate ...

, a city in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Titles

FIDE Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating an ...

, a title awarded by the world chess governing body *

Field marshal Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army and as such few persons are appointed to it. It is considered as ...

, the highest rank in the British Army *

First minister A first minister is any of a variety of leaders of government cabinets. The term literally has the same meaning as "prime minister" but is typically chosen to distinguish the office-holder from a superior prime minister. Currently the title of '' ...

, a leader of a government cabinet *

Foreign minister A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

, a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations

Other uses

Facility management Facility management or facilities management (FM) is a professional management discipline focused on the efficient and effective delivery of logistics and other support services related to real property and buildings. It encompasses multiple disc ...

, an interdisciplinary field devoted to the co-ordination of all business support services *

Farm-to-market road In the United States, a farm-to-market road or ranch-to-market road (sometimes farm road or ranch road for short) is a state highway or county road that connects rural or agricultural areas to market towns. These are better quality roads, usually ...

("FM", sometimes "F-t-M"), a state or county road connecting rural and agricultural areas to market towns * ''F.M.'' (novel), by Boris Akunin on Fyodor Dostoevsky * ''

Famous Monsters of Filmland ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' is an American genre-specific film magazine, started in 1958 by publisher James Warren and editor Forrest J Ackerman. ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' directly inspired the creation of many other similar publicat ...

'', magazine * ''

Football Manager ''Football Manager'' (also known as ''Worldwide Soccer Manager'' in North America from 2004 to 2008) is a series of football management simulation video games developed by British developer Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game beg ...

'', a video game *

United States Army Field Manuals United States Army Field Manuals are published by the United States Army's Army Publishing Directorate. As of 27 July 2007, some 542 field manuals were in use. They contain detailed information and how-tos for procedures important to soldiers ser ...

, in U.S. Army parlance *

Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District The Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District (F-M) is a K-12 public education, public school district located in the Manlius, New York, Town of Manlius in Central New York, enrolling approximately 4,800 students. F-M serves a large portion ...

or F-M, Syracuse, New York, U.S.