TCM may refer to:

Arts and music

Film

* ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (franchise), a horror film franchise ** ''

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' is a 1974 American independent horror film produced, co-composed, and directed by Tobe Hooper, who co-wrote it with Kim Henkel. The film stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, ...

'', the original 1974 film ** ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (2003 film), the 2003 remake

Games

* '' The Corporate Machine'', a 2001 personal computer game from Stardock * ''

Total Club Manager ''FIFA Manager'' is an association football series of sports management games published by Electronic Arts. The games were developed by the German studio Bright Future and EA Sports. The game was called ''Total Club Manager'' until the name change ...

'', football (soccer) management series of video games from Bright Future (in older releases EA sports)

Music

The Color Morale The Color Morale is an American metalcore and post-hardcore band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 2007. The band includes vocalist/keyboardist Garret Rapp, guitarists Devin King and Aaron Saunders, bassist Mike Honson, and drummer Steve Carey. ...

, a post-hardcore band from Rockford, Illinois *

The Crystal Method The Crystal Method is an American electronic music act formed in Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada, by Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland in 1993. They were pioneers of the big beat genre and their music has appeared in numerous TV shows, films, v ...

, an electronic music group *

Tianjin Conservatory of Music The Tianjin Conservatory of Music () is a university in Tianjin, China, under the municipal government. It was founded in 1958 as one of nine conservatories of music in China. Notable alumni * Shi Guangnan, composer (1940-1990) * Jie Ma, pipa ...

Tokyo College of Music is a private music school and university in Tokyo, Japan. Offering a range of undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral degree programs, the college was originally named as the in Kanda, Tokyo, in 1907. History The college moved to Toshima, T ...

Trinity College of Music Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is a music, dance, and musical theatre conservatoire based in South East London. It was formed in 2005 as a merger of two older institutions – Trinity College of Music and Laban Dance Centre. Trini ...

, a leading music conservatory, based in Greenwich, London, United Kingdom

Automotive

* Transmission control module, an electronic device to manage an automobile's transmission

Companies

Teledyne Continental Motors Continental Aerospace Technologies is an aircraft engine manufacturer located at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was originally spun off from automobile engine manufacturer Continental Motors Company in 1929 and ow ...

, an American engine manufacturing company * '' Times Community Media'', an American newspaper company * Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corporation, a division of

Toshiba is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. Its diversified products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, elevators and escalators, electronic components, semiconductors ...

TCM (Macau) The Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos de Macau (TCM) is one of the bus operators in Macau, Transmac being the other. The company began as a ferry operator in the 1950s, and did not enter bus operations until 1974, when a bridge connecting th ...

(), a bus company in Macau *

Turner Classic Movies Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie channel, movie-oriented pay television, pay-TV television network, network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcas ...

, a U.S. cable TV and satellite network: ** Turner Classic Movies (UK and Ireland) ** Turner Classic Movies Germany, renamed TNT Film in 2009, now

WarnerTV Film WarnerTV Film, formerly Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and TNT Film, is a German pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, Warner Bros. Discovery International. The channel broadcasts movies both in their original language and dubbed in ...

** Turner Classic Movies (Nordic) ** Turner Classic Movies (Middle East and Africa) ** Turner Classic Movies (Asia) ***

TCM Underground ''TCM Underground'' was an American weekly late-night cult film showcase airing on Turner Classic Movies. Developed by former TCM marketing director Eric Weber, it was originally hosted by industrial rock/heavy metal music, heavy metal musician ...

, a now-defunct regular programming segment showcasing independent

cult film A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following. Cult films are known for their dedicated, passionate fanbase, which forms an elaborate subculture, members of which engage in repeated ...

Computing and telecommunications

Thermal Conduction Module Computer cooling is required to remove the waste heat produced by computer components, to keep components within permissible operating temperature limits. Components that are susceptible to temporary malfunction or permanent failure if overhe ...

, by IBM * Tightly-coupled memory, memory which resides directly on the processor of a computer - see

multiprocessing Multiprocessing (MP) is the use of two or more central processing units (CPUs) within a single computer system. The term also refers to the ability of a system to support more than one processor or the ability to allocate tasks between them. The ...

* Time Compression Multiplex, a

time-division duplex A duplex communication system is a point-to-point system composed of two or more connected parties or devices that can communicate with one another in both directions. Duplex systems are employed in many communications networks, either to allow ...

scheme *

Toolkit for Conceptual Modeling The Toolkit for Conceptual Modeling (TCM) is a collection of software tools to present specifications of software systems in the form of diagrams, tables, trees, and the like. TCM offers editors for techniques used in Structured Analysis as well as ...

, a collection of software tools to present specifications of software systems *

Trellis coded modulation Trellis coded modulation (TCM) is a modulation scheme that transmits information with high efficiency over band-limited channels such as telephone lines. Gottfried Ungerboeck invented trellis modulation while working for IBM in the 1970s, and fi ...

, a signal modulation scheme for telecommunications

Places

McChord Field McChord Field (formerly and still commonly known as McChord Air Force Base) is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord AFB is the home of the 62nd Airlift Wing, ...

, Washington state, United States (IATA airport code: TCM) *

The Computer Museum, Boston The Computer Museum was a Boston, Massachusetts, museum that opened in 1979 and operated in three locations until 1999. It was once referred to as TCM and is sometimes called the Boston Computer Museum. When the museum closed and its space became ...

* The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, an art museum now called the

Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House The Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House, formerly The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, was integrated into the Honolulu Museum of Art under this name. It was the only museum in the state of Hawaii devoted exclusively to contemporary art. The Contem ...

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is the world's largest children's museum. It is located at 3000 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana in the United Northwest Area neighborhood of the city. The museum is accredited by the American Al ...

, shortened TCM in its inventory numbers (for example, the museum's most famous ''Triceratops'' specimen has been named TCM 2001.93.1)

Science and medicine

* T_CM, central

memory T cell Memory T cells are a subset of T lymphocytes that might have some of the same functions as memory B cells. Their lineage is unclear. Function Antigen-specific memory T cells specific to viruses or other microbial molecules can be found in both ...

, in medicine * Theory of Condensed Matter group, a theoretical physics research group in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge * Tetrachloromethane, an organic compound also known as

carbon tetrachloride Carbon tetrachloride, also known by many other names (such as carbon tet for short and tetrachloromethane, also IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic chemistry, recognised by the IUPAC), is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CCl4. It is a n ...

Traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medicine, alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. A large share of its claims are pseudoscientific, with the majority of treatments having no robust evidence ...

, a range of traditional medicine practices originating from China. * Trajectory correction maneuver, in space travel; see, for example,

Voyager 1 ''Voyager 1'' is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar medium, interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere. It was launched 16 days afte ...

Trichloromethane Chloroform, or trichloromethane (often abbreviated as TCM), is an organochloride with the chemical formula, formula and a common solvent. It is a Volatility (chemistry), volatile, colorless, sweet-smelling, dense liquid produced on a large scale ...

or chloroform, a solvent, and former anaesthetic

Models and processes

* Three-component model of

organizational commitment In organizational behavior and industrial and organizational psychology, organizational commitment is an individual's Psychology, psychological attachment to the organization. Organizational scientists have also developed many nuanced definition ...

in organizational behavior and industrial and organizational psychology * Total cost management, a process using principles of cost engineering for portfolio, program, and project management

Sports

Toronto Canada Moose The Toronto Blue Ice Jets were a junior ice hockey, Junior ice hockey team based out of Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. The team played in the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). History The Jets were Thornhill's only Junior hockey team afte ...

, a tier II junior ''A'' ice hockey team based out of Thornhill, Ontario, Canada *

Twin Cities Marathon The Twin Cities Marathon is a marathon in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area which normally takes place the first weekend in October. The race is often called "The Most Beautiful Urban Marathon in America" due to a course that winds through down ...

, an annual marathon in Minneapolis-Saint Paul

Other

* tcm, ISO 639-3 code for the Sumeri language of West Papua, New Guinea * Tecoma railway station, Melbourne * The Creativity Movement, an arm of

Creativity (religion) Creativity, historically known as the (World) Church of the Creator, is an atheistic ( nontheistic) white supremacist new religious movement espousing white separatism, antitheism, antisemitism, anti-Christianity, scientific racism, homopho ...

, a white supremacist organisation * Thomas Cooper Memorial Baptist Church, Lincoln, England *

TRADOC The United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) is a major command of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Eustis, Virginia. It is charged with overseeing training of Army forces and the development of operational doctrine. ...

Capability Manager, personnel responsible for US Army user requirements {{disambiguation, geo