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
Sam (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname Samantha Ruth Prabhu (born 1987), known mononymously as Sam, Indian actress 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, 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), 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 (novel), a 2023 novel by Allegra Goodman SAM Awards, for South Australian Music Awards
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 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 SAM, museum code for the South Australian Museum
Organizations Sahabat Alam Malaysia, an environmental NGO based in Malaysia Scientific Advice Mechanism 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 Guna 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 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 that discuss politics SAM Lock Tool, better known as Syskey Scene Apparatus manager, a fully automatic pump control system by IDEX Corporation 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 (Security Authentication Module card), holding cryptographic keys Secure access module Security Account Manager in Microsoft Windows
Other Sample Analysis at Mars, on the Curiosity rover Scanning acoustic microscope Scanning Auger microscope in Auger electron spectroscopy Scheduled Ancient Monument, commonly used name for British archaeological designation Small article monitor, screening for radioactive contamination Sparse antimagic square, in mathematics Special Air Mission Stop action magnet in a pipe organ Surface-to-air 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 in Papua, New Guinea SAM, IOC and FIFA country code for Samoa
See also Uncle Sam, a personification of the US government Samsø, earlier Samsey, literally "Sam's island" Sam. (disambiguation)