Tom or TOM may refer to: *

Tom (given name) Tom is often used as a diminutive of Thomas (name), Thomas. In Germanic countries and Scandinavia, "Tom" is in use as a formal given name. In modern Hebrew, the name Tom (Hebrew: תם, תום) is used as a unisex name, with the meaning of "innocen ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name.

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Tom'' (1973 film), or ''The Bad Bunch'', a blaxploitation film * ''Tom'' (2002 film), a documentary film * ''Tom'' (American TV series), 1994 * ''Tom'' (Spanish TV series), 2003

Music

* ''Tom'', a 1970 album by Tom Jones *

Tom drum A tom drum (also known as a tom-tom) is a cylindrical drum with no snares, named from the Anglo-Indian and Sinhala language. It was added to the drum kit in the early part of the 20th century. Most toms range in size between in diameter, thoug ...

, a musical drum with no snares * Tom (Ethiopian instrument), a plucked lamellophone thumb piano *

Tune-o-matic Tune-o-matic (also abbreviated to TOM) is the name of a fixed or floating bridge design for electric guitars. It was designed by Ted McCarty (Gibson Guitar Corporation Gibson, Inc. (formerly Gibson Guitar Corporation and Gibson Brands Inc ...

, a guitar bridge design

Places

* Tom, Oklahoma, US * Tom (Amur Oblast), a river in Russia *

Tom (river) The Tom (, ; ; ) is a river in Russia, a right tributary of the Ob in central Siberia. Its watershed lies within the Republic of Khakassia, Kemerovo Oblast, and Tomsk Oblast.cat The cat (''Felis catus''), also referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species of the family Felidae. Advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the ...

* A male

wild turkey The wild turkey (''Meleagris gallopavo'') is an upland game bird native to North America, one of two extant species of Turkey (bird), turkey and the heaviest member of the order Galliformes. It is the ancestor to the domestic turkey (''M. g. dom ...

* Tom (pattern matching language), a programming language * TOM (psychedelic), a hallucinogen * Text Object Model, a Microsoft Windows programming interface *

Theory of mind In psychology and philosophy, theory of mind (often abbreviated to ToM) refers to the capacity to understand other individuals by ascribing mental states to them. A theory of mind includes the understanding that others' beliefs, desires, intent ...

(ToM), in psychology *

Translocase of the outer membrane The translocase of the outer membrane (TOM) is a complex of proteins found in the outer mitochondrial membrane of the mitochondria. It allows movement of proteins through this barrier and into the intermembrane space of the mitochondrion. M ...

, a complex of proteins

Transportation

* ''Tom'' (ship), the name of several ships *

TUI Airways TUI Airways Limited (formerly Thomson Airways Limited) is the British arm of the TUI Airline group, which is owned and operated by the TUI Group. They offer scheduled and charter flights from the United Kingdom and Ireland to destinations in E ...

, ICAO airline code TOM *

Tottenham Hale station Tottenham Hale is an interchange station located in Tottenham Hale, North London for London Underground and National Rail services. On the National Rail network it is on the West Anglia Main Line, from Liverpool Street station, London Liverpo ...

, London, England, station code TOM

Other uses

Tom (gender identity) In Thailand, one can find several different gender roles, identities and diverse visual markers of masculinity and femininity. Beyond the traditional male and female roles, there are categories for individuals who are gender non-conforming, wheth ...

, a gender identity in Thailand *

TOM (mascot) TOM (Tigers Of Memphis) is the name of three Bengal tigers which have served as the mascot of the Memphis Tigers since 1972. The most recent, TOM III, was a beloved Bengal tiger mascot for the University of Memphis during one of the most glorious ...

, of the University of Memphis sports teams *

Tom (Paralympic mascot) Vinicius (; sometimes ''Vinícius'') is the List of Olympic mascots, official mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics, and Tom () is the List of Paralympic mascots, official mascot of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Both events were held in Rio de Ja ...

, of the 2016 Summer Paralympics *

TOM Group TOM Group Limited () is a technology and Media listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. TOM Group's technology platform and investment-related businesses encompass Mobile Internet, E-Commerce, Fintech and Advanced Data An ...

, a Hong Kong media company *

TOM Online TOM Online is a mobile Internet company in China, operating the popular Chinese-language Internet portal (www.tom.com) and offering a variety of online and mobile services, including wireless internet and online advertising. It is a subsidiary ...

, a Chinese mobile internet company *

Overseas territory (France) The term overseas territory (, TOM) is an administrative division of France and is currently only applied to the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. The division differs from that of overseas department and region ( or DROM), but because o ...

(''territoire d'outre-mer'', TOM) *

Troops Out Movement The Troops Out Movement (TOM) was an Irish republican organisation formed in the United Kingdom in 1973, following actions by the British Army in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, including the Bloody Sunday and Ballymurphy massacres by the ...