Sam, SAM or variants may refer to:

Places

Sam, Benin Sam is a town and arrondissement in the Alibori Department of northeastern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Kandi. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statist ...

* Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso *

Sam, Kongoussi Sam, Kongoussi is a village in the Kongoussi Department of Bam Province in northern Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bor ...

, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam,

Teton County, Idaho Teton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,630. The county seat is Driggs, and the largest city is Victor. The county was established in 1915 and was named after the Teton Moun ...

, United States, a populated place

People and fictional characters

* Sam (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Sam (surname), a list of people with the surname ** Cen (surname) (岑), romanized "Sam" in Cantonese ** Shen (surname) (沈), often romanized "Sam" in Cantonese and other languages

Religious or legendary figures

* Sam (Book of Mormon), elder brother of Nephi *

Sām Sām ( fa, سام), also (sam) transliterated Saam, is a mythical hero of ancient Persia, and an important character in the Shahnameh epic. He was the son of Nariman, grandson of Garshasp and father to Zāl. He was Iran's champion during the r ...

, a Persian mythical folk hero *

Sam Ziwa In Mandaeism, Sam Ziwa ( myz, ࡎࡀࡌ ࡆࡉࡅࡀ) is an uthra (angel or guardian) from the World of Light. Sam Ziwa is considered to be the Mandaean equivalent of Shem. Sam Mana Smira Sam Ziwa may be identified with Sam Mana Smira (Smir Zi ...

, an uthra (angel or celestial being) in Mandaeism

Animals

* Sam (army dog) (died 2000) * Sam (horse) (b 1815), British Thoroughbred * Sam (koala) (died 2009), rescued after 2009 bush fires in Victoria, Australia * Sam (orangutan), in the movie ''Dunston Checks In'' *

Sam (ugly dog) Sam (November 7, 1990 – November 18, 2005) was a blind pure-bred Chinese Crested dog, and three-time champion of the annual Sonoma-Marin Fair World's Ugliest Dog Contest in Northern California in 2003–2005. His ugliness earned him internati ...

(1990–2005), voted the world's ugliest dog in 2003, 2004, and 2005 * Unsinkable Sam (died 1955), a cat which survived the sinking of three ships during World War II

Arts and entertainment

* ''Sam'' (1967 film), a 1976 film directed by Larry Buchanan * ''Sam'' (1986 film), a 1986 documentary film * ''Sam'' (2021 film), a 2021 film directed by Yan England * ''Sam'' (Osvajači album), 1995 * ''Sam'' (Škabo album), 2003 * "Sam" (Olivia Newton-John song), 1977 * ''Sam'' (1973 TV series), a British drama * ''Sam'' (1978 TV series), a US crime drama * ''S.A.M.'' (comics), a French comic book * SAM Awards, for

South Australian Music Awards The South Australian Music Awards, also known as SA Music Awards, commonly SAM Awards, formerly Fowler's Live Music Awards (FLMA), are annual awards that exist to recognise, promote and celebrate excellence in the South Australian contemporary mu ...

Business

Brands and enterprises

SAM (vehicles) The name SAM (not to be confused with ''S.A.M.'', a Swedish automotive company) stands for Stephanos A. Mbaltas (badge 'ΣΑΜ', in Greek, appearing in the logo), the founder of this Greek company, one of several that produced three-wheeler trucks ...

, a Greek truck manufacturer * S.A.M.: Simply About Music, a satellite-driven radio network * SAM, stock ticker of

Boston Beer Company The Boston Beer Company is an American brewery founded in 1984. Boston Beer Company's first brand of beer was named Samuel Adams after Founding Father Samuel Adams, an American revolutionary patriot. Since its founding, Boston Beer has started ...

, the brewers of Samuel Adams beer * SAM Colombia, a Colombian airline * SAM Records, an American disco/post-disco record company *

Società Aerea Mediterranea Società Aerea Mediterranea (SAM) was an Italian cargo and passenger airline based in Rome, Italy, which operated between 1928 and 1939 as subsidiary of Ala Littoria and between 1959 and 1981 as subsidiary of Alitalia. It was founded on 26 March 1 ...

, an Italian airline 1926-1934 and 1959-1981

Business terminology

* Serviceable available market * Shared appreciation mortgage * Social accounting matrix of transactions in an economy * System for Award Management (SAM), U.S. Government supplier database

Languages

* Sam languages, comprising Somali, Rendille and Boni * Sam language of New Guinea

Museums

Seattle Art Museum The Seattle Art Museum (commonly known as SAM) is an art museum located in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates three major facilities: its main museum in downtown Seattle; the Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM) in Volunteer Park on C ...

Singapore Art Museum The Singapore Art Museum ( Abbreviation: SAM) is an art museum is located in the Downtown Core district of Singapore. It is the first fully dedicated contemporary visual arts museum in Singapore with one of the world’s most important public c ...

* SAM, museum code for the

South Australian Museum The South Australian Museum is a natural history museum and research institution in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1856 and owned by the Government of South Australia. It occupies a complex of buildings on North Terrace in the cultu ...

Organizations

* Sahabat Alam Malaysia, an environmental NGO based in Malaysia *

Scientific Advice Mechanism The Scientific Advice Mechanism is a service created by the European Commission which provides independent science advice directly to European Commissioners to inform their decision-making. The Mechanism consists of two parts: the Group of Chie ...

of the European Commission * Serve America Movement, an American political party * Snowmobile Association of Massachusetts *

Society of American Magicians The Society of American Magicians (S.A.M.) is the oldest fraternal magic organization in the world. Its purpose is "to advance, elevate, and preserve magic as a performing art, to promote harmonious fellowship throughout the world of magic, and ...

Science and technology

Biology, chemistry and medicine

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Phytelephas seemannii ''Phytelephas seemannii'', commonly called Panama ivory palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is one of the plants used for vegetable ivory. Names The species epithet ''seemannii'' honors botanist Berthold Carl Se ...

'', known in Cuna as '' * ''S''-Adenosyl methionine, a common co-substrate involved in methyl group transfers * SAM, a candidate phylum of bacteria * Sustained Acoustic Medicine, a medical treatment for arthritis * SAMtools (for Sequence Alignment Map), a data storage format for DNA sequencing * Self-assembled monolayer of amphiphilic molecules *

Shoot apical meristem The meristem is a type of tissue found in plants. It consists of undifferentiated cells (meristematic cells) capable of cell division. Cells in the meristem can develop into all the other tissues and organs that occur in plants. These cells cont ...

, a plant tissue * Significance analysis of microarrays, in DNA microanalysis * Spore photoproduct lyase, an enzyme * Sorting and assembly machinery, a protein complex in the outer mitochondrial membrane * Segmental arterial mediolysis, a medical condition affecting the arteries

Physics and astronomy

* Southern Annular Mode of southern hemisphere atmospheric variability * Swinging Atwood's machine * SAm, an unbarred

Magellanic spiral Magellanic spiral galaxies are (usually) dwarf galaxies which are classified as the type Sm (and SAm, SBm, SABm). They are galaxies with one single spiral arm, and are named after their prototype, the Large Magellanic Cloud, an SBm galaxy. They c ...

galaxy

Software and computing

SAM (file format) Sequence Alignment Map (SAM) is a text-based format originally for storing biological sequences aligned to a reference sequence developed by Heng Li and Bob Handsaker ''et al''. It was developed when the 1000 Genomes Project wanted to move aw ...

or Sequence Alignment Map, a data format used in bioinformatics * Sam (text editor) *

SAM Coupé Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fiction ...

, an 8-bit British home computer * Microsoft Sam, a voice for the screen reader in Windows 2000 and XP * Self-Service Automated Machine, A Machine used by people living in Singapore to quench their postal needs * SAM, a New Zealand

chatbot A chatbot or chatterbot is a software application used to conduct an on-line chat conversation via text or text-to-speech, in lieu of providing direct contact with a live human agent. Designed to convincingly simulate the way a human would beh ...

that discuss politics * SAM Lock Tool, better known as

Syskey The SAM Lock Tool, better known as Syskey (the name of its executable file), is a discontinued component of Windows NT that encrypts the Security Account Manager (SAM) database using a 128-bit RC4 encryption key. First introduced in the Q143475 ...

Sequential access memory In computing, sequential access memory (SAM) is a class of data storage devices that read stored data in a sequence. This is in contrast to random access memory (RAM) where data can be accessed in any order. Sequential access devices are usually ...

* Simple Anonymous Messaging, a protocol specification used in the I2P network layer * Simulation for Automatic Machinery, two minicomputers * Software asset management * Software Automatic Mouth, speech synthesis program * Synchronous Address Multiplexer, a chip in some 8-bit computers; see * Syriac Abbreviation Mark, a Unicode control character

Security

* SAM card (Security Authentication Module card), holding cryptographic keys * Secure access module *

Security Account Manager The Security Account Manager (SAM) is a database file in Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8.1, 10 and 11 that stores users' passwords. It can be used to authenticate local and remote users. Beginning with Windows 2000 SP4, Active Directory a ...

in Microsoft Windows

Other

* Scanning acoustic microscope * Sample Analysis at Mars, on the Curiosity rover * Scanning Auger microscope in

Auger electron spectroscopy A Hanford scientist uses an Auger electron spectrometer to determine the elemental composition of surfaces. Auger electron spectroscopy (AES; pronounced in French) is a common analytical technique used specifically in the study of surfaces and, ...

Scheduled Ancient Monument In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change. The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage and ...

, commonly used name for British archaeological designation * Small article monitor, screening for radioactive contamination * Sparse antimagic square, in mathematics * Stop action magnet in a pipe organ *

Surface-to-air missile A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft syst ...

, a type of missile

Sports

* Sam (mascot), 1984 Summer Olympics * Strongside linebacker, gridiron football nickname * Sam Maguire Cup, often known as "Sam", of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in gaelic football

Other uses

* Tropical Storm Sam, various storms named Sam * Sandy Area Metro, Oregon, US * Sam FM (disambiguation) * Schule am Meer (S.a.M. or SaM), a former boarding school in Juist, East Frisian islands, Free State of Prussia, German Reich * Special administrative measures, in US law * ''Sam'', in Indian classical music, the first count of a '' tala'' * SAM, IATA airport code for Salamo Airport in Papua, New Guinea * SAM, IOC and FIFA country code for

American Samoa American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the Internationa ...