Slam, SLAM or SLAMS may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional elements
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S.L.A.M. (Strategic Long-Range Artillery Machine), a fictional weapon in the ''G.I. Joe'' universe
* SLAMS (Space-Land-Air Missile Shield), a fictional anti-ballistic missile system featured in ''
Tom Clancy's EndWar'' and briefly mentioned in other ''Tom Clancy's'' video games
Films
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''Slam'' (1998 film), a 1998 film starring Saul Williams and Beau Sia
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''Slam'' (2018 film), an Australian feature directed by Partho Sen-Gupta
Literature
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''Slam'' (novel), a novel by Nick Hornby
* ''Slam!'', a novel by
Walter Dean Myers about a high school basketball star from Harlem
* ''Slam'', a novel by
Lewis Shiner
Music
Albums
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''Slam'' (Big Dipper album), 1990
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''Slam'' (Joe Lynn Turner album), 2001
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''Slam'' (soundtrack), from the 1998 film
* , a 1989 album by
Dan Reed Network
* ''Slam'', a 1978 album by
Suburban Studs
The Suburban Studs were an English punk rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1976.
Line-up
*Vocals, guitar - Eddy Zipps
*Guitar - Keith Owen
*Bass - Paul Morton
*Drums - Steve Poole
*Saxophone - Steve Heart (Removed from line-up early)
Reformed ...
Songs
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"Slam" (Humanoid song), 1989
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"Slam" (Onyx song), 1993
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"Slam" (Pendulum song), 2005
* "Slam", a song by
Bow Wow
* "Slam", a song by Seaway from ''
Colour Blind''
* "Slam", a 2002 song by A-Teens from ''
Pop 'til You Drop!''
Other uses in music
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Slam (DJs), an electronic music production and DJ duo from Glasgow
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Save Live Australian Music (or SLAM), a 2010 rally in Melbourne, Australia
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Slam death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, fea ...
(often referred to as simply "slam"), a style of death metal
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
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Slam (cards)
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, a contract in card games in which the player undertakes to win all tricks
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''Slam'' (magazine), a basketball publication
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SLAM! (radio station), a Dutch radio station based in Naarden
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Poetry slam, a competition in which poets of all ages perform spoken word poetry
* Slam! Sports, a section of ''
Canadian Online Explorer
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'' (i.e., Canoe.com)
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Slamdancing, a style of dance
Science and technology
Computing
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Simultaneous localization and mapping (or SLAM), a navigation technique used by robots and autonomous vehicles
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SLAM project, a Microsoft research project
* Simulation Language for Analogue Modelling (or SLAM), a
simulation language, versions based on Fortran and GASP
Weapons
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Selectable Lightweight Attack Munition (or SLAM), a small United States multi-purpose landmine
* Shoulder-Launched Antiaircraft Missile (or SLAM), a competing design proposal rejected in favor of the
FIM-43 Redeye
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Standoff Land Attack Missile
The AGM-84E SLAM (Standoff Land Attack Missile) was a subsonic, over-the-horizon air-launched cruise missile that was developed by McDonnell Douglas from the AGM-84 Harpoon antiship missile. The SLAM was designed to provide all-weather, day and ni ...
(or SLAM), an over-the-horizon, all-weather cruise missile developed in the 1990s
* Submarine Launched Airflight Missile (or SLAM), an experimental variant of the British
Blowpipe
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Supersonic Low Altitude Missile
The Supersonic Low Altitude Missile or SLAM was a U.S. Air Force nuclear weapons project conceived around 1955, and cancelled in 1964. SLAMs were conceived of as unmanned nuclear-powered ramjets capable of delivering thermonuclear warheads deep ...
(or SLAM), a cancelled U.S. Air Force nuclear-powered cruise missile project of the 1950, nicknamed the flying crowbar
Other uses
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Signaling lymphocytic activation molecule (or SLAM), a family of genes
Sports
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Body slam, any move in which a wrestler picks up and throws an opponent down to the ground limp back-firs
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Chennai Slam, an Indian basketball team
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Grand slam (baseball), often shortened into "slam"
Other uses
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SLAM (clothing), a manufacturer of clothing based in Italy
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Saint Louis Art Museum (or SLAM), in St. Louis, Missouri
* Service Level Agreement Monitoring (or SLAM), often used in the
National Health Service to describe data received by commissioners from providers
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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (or SLAM), a group of hospitals
* Abbreviation or nickname for
S.L.A. Marshall
Brigadier General Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall, also known as SLAM, (July 18, 1900 – December 17, 1977) was a military journalist and historian. He served with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, before becoming a journalist, spec ...
, brigadier general and military journalist and historian
See also
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Grand Slam (disambiguation)
Grand Slam most often refers to:
* Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves
Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to:
Games and sports
* Grand slam, winning category Glo ...
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Slam dunk (disambiguation)
A slam dunk is a type of basketball shot, in which a player thrusts the ball forcefully down through the basket.
Slam dunk may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* "Slam Dunk", a song by Quiet Riot from their 1999 album ''Alive and ...
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