Sam, SAM or variants may refer to:

Places

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

* 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 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) __NOTOC__ Shen may refer to: * Shen (Chinese religion) (神), a central word in Chinese philosophy, religion, and traditional Chinese medicine; term for god or spirit * Shen (clam-monster) (蜃), a shapeshifting Chinese dragon believed to create mi ...

(沈), often romanized "Sam" in Cantonese and other languages

Religious or legendary figures

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

Sām Sām (), also transliterated Saam, is a mythical hero of ancient Persia, and an important character in the Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' (, ), also transliterated ''Shahnama'', is a long epic poem written by the Persian literature, Persian p ...

, a Persian mythical folk hero * Sam Ziwa, an uthra (angel or celestial being) in Mandaeism * Sam, Shem in Islam

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) ''Dunston Checks In'' is a 1996 comedy film directed by Ken Kwapis. The film stars Eric Lloyd, Graham Sack, Jason Alexander, Faye Dunaway, Rupert Everett, Paul Reubens, Glenn Shadix, and Sam the Orangutan as Dunston. The film received negative ...

, in the movie ''Dunston Checks In'' * Sam (ugly dog) (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), directed by Larry Buchanan * ''Sam'' (1986 film), a documentary * ''Sam'' (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), an American crime drama * ''Sam'' (Goodman novel), a 2023 novel by

Allegra Goodman Allegra Goodman (born 1967) is an American writer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Early life and education Allegra Goodman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Hawaii. The daughter of Lenn and Madeleine Goodman,"Allegra Goodman." ' ...

* 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 m ...

Business

Brands and enterprises

* SAM (vehicles), a Greek truck manufacturer * S.A.M.: Simply About Music, a satellite-driven radio network * SAM, stock ticker of Boston Beer Company, the brewers of Samuel Adams beer * SAM Colombia, a Colombian airline * SAM Records, an American disco/post-disco record company * Società Aerea Mediterranea, an Italian airline 1926-1934 and 1959–1981

Business terminology

* Serviceable available market *

Shared appreciation mortgage A shared appreciation mortgage often abbreviated as "SAM" is a mortgage in which the purchaser of a home shared a percentage of the appreciation in the home's value with the lender. In return, the lender agrees to charge an interest rate that is l ...

* 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 * Samaritan Aramaic language, an extinct liturgical language (ISO 639-2, 639-3 code: sam)

Museums

* Seattle Art Museum *

Singapore Art Museum The Singapore Art Museum (Abbreviation: SAM) is an art museum with multiple venues across Singapore. It is the first fully dedicated contemporary visual arts museum in Singapore with one of the world’s most important public collections by loc ...

* SAM, museum code for the South Australian Museum

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 on request directly to European Commissioners. The Mechanism consists of three parts: the Group of Chief Scientific Adviso ...

of the European Commission * Serve America Movement, an American political party * Society of American Magicians * Swimming Association of Maldives

Science and technology

Biology, chemistry and medicine

* '' Phytelephas seemannii'', 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, 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 A Magellanic spiral galaxy is a spiral galaxy with only one spiral arm. Magellanic spiral galaxies are classified as the type Sm (with sub-categories SAm, SBm, SABm); the prototype galaxy and namesake for Magellanic spirals is the Large Magell ...

galaxy

Software and computing

* SAM (file format) or Sequence Alignment Map, a data format used in bioinformatics * Sam (text editor) * SAM Coupé, an 8-bit British home computer * Microsoft Sam, a voice for the screen reader in Windows 2000 and XP * SAM, a New Zealand

chatbot A chatbot (originally chatterbot) is a software application or web interface designed to have textual or spoken conversations. Modern chatbots are typically online and use generative artificial intelligence systems that are capable of main ...

that discuss politics * SAM Lock Tool, better known as Syskey * Sequential access memory * 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 A Secure Access Module (SAM), also known as a Secure Application Module, is a piece of cryptography, cryptographic hardware typically used by smart card card readers to perform mutual key authentication. SAMs can be used to manage access in a var ...

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

Security Account Manager The Security Account Manager (SAM) is a database file in Windows NT, Windows 2000, 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 20 ...

in Microsoft Windows

Other

* Scanning acoustic microscope *

Sample Analysis at Mars Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) is a suite of instruments on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity (rover), ''Curiosity'' rover. The SAM instrument suite analyzed Organic compound, organics and gases from both atmospheric and solid samples. It was ...

, on the Curiosity rover * Scanning Auger microscope in Auger electron spectroscopy *

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, visu ...

, 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 or the sea to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-ai ...

, 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 * Split attraction model, a psychology model about sexual orientation * ''Sam'', in Indian classical music, the first count of a '' tala'' * SAM, IATA airport code for

Salamo Airport Salamo Airport is an airfield serving Salamo, in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Airlines and destinations The airfield can be reached by chartered (unscheduled) flights from nearby airstrips with Airlines PNG and other Papua new Gui ...

in Papua, New Guinea * SAM, IOC and FIFA country code for

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...