DM

DM, Dm, dm, or D.M. may stand for:

Academia and law

 * Doctor of Management, an academic management degree
 * Doctorate in Medicine, an academic medical degree
 * Doctor of Music, an academic music-performance degree, also known as D.M.A
 * Doctor of Metaphysics, an academic degree in metaphysics
 * De minimis, A Latin term used in copyright law et al.

Science and technology

 * Adamsite, a chemical agent used in riot control
 * The symbols for two SI units of length
 * Decimetre, or decimeter
 * Dekametre, or dekameter
 * n-Decyl β-D-Maltopyranoside, a detergent used when purifying membrane proteins
 * Degenerative myelopathy, a condition in dogs affecting the spinal cord
 * Dextromethorphan, an anti-coughing drug found in many preparations
 * Diabetes mellitus, a disease characterized by high blood sugar
 * Cantor's diagonal argument (diagonal metho), a mathematical proof of the uncountability of real numbers
 * Dichroic mirror, a mirror with different transmittance or reflectance at two different wavelengths
 * Difference due to Memory, an event related potential differentiating between later remembered versus forgotten items
 * Dispersion measure, the amount of dispersion of radio waves by interstellar medium
 * Distributed morphology, a framework for theories of morphology in generative linguistics
 * Dry matter, a measurement of the mass of something when completely dried
 * Myotonic dystrophy, dystrophia myotonica, DM-1/2/3, a disease characterized by wasting of muscles
 * SJ Dm3, and Dm, Swedish locomotives

Computing and internet

 * Data mart, a specialized version of a data warehouse
 * Data mining, the process of automatically searching large volumes of data for patterns
 * Device Management, a standard for automatically updating the software on mobile phone
 * Device-mapper, a component of the Linux kernel that supports logical volume management
 * Digital Mars, an American software company developing compilers
 * DM (computing), Display Manager, a window system for Apollo/Domain workstations running AEGIS (Domain/OS)
 * Daily Motion, a video sharing website
 * Direct Message, a personal message used in Twitter
 * Dream Maker, an interpreted programming language

Sport

 * Defensive midfielder, an association football position.

Finance

 * Deutsche Mark (1948–2002), the former official currency of Germany
 * East German mark (1951–1990), initially Deutsche Mark, the former official currency of East Germany
 * Developed market Those countries that are thought to be the most developed

Business and products

 * Direct market, the dominant distribution and retail network for North American comic books
 * Direct marketing or direct mail, a type of marketing sending messages directly to consumers
 * Maersk Air, IATA code DM, a former Danish airline which operated from 1969 until 2005
 * Dr. Martens, a brand of boots
 * Digital Monolithic, a National Semiconductor prefix for their digital logic integrated circuits

Military

 * DM, a United States Navy abbreviation for "light minelayer"
 * Designated marksman, a soldier fulfilling the marksman role in an infantry squad
 * Royal Naval Armaments Depot, Defense Munitions, sites are prefixed DM

Music and dancing

 * Dm, a minor chord on D
 * Death metal, a musical style evolving from thrash metal
 * Dance Marathon, a multiple-day charity event on U.S. college campuses

Albums

 * Danse Manatee, the second studio album by Animal Collective
 * Death Magnetic (2008), the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica
 * Definitely Maybe (1994), the debut album of British rock band Oasis

Bands

 * Depeche Mode, an English synthpop band formed in 1980
 * Diabolical Masquerade
 * Disarmonia Mundi, an Italian melodic death metal band from Turin
 * Dark Moor, a Spanish heavy metal band from Madrid
 * Dangerous Muse, an American electropop duo based in New York City

Movies, TV and Radio

 * Danger Mouse (TV Series), a British animated television series
 * Despicable Me, a 2010 film.
 * WWDM, a radio station licensed to Sumter, South Carolina, United States

Games

 * Deathmatch (gaming), a gameplay mode integrated into first-person shooter computer games
 * Duel Masters Trading Card Game, a collectible card game in Japan, Europe, North America
 * Dungeon Master, the storyteller and referee in the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons
 * DrumMania, a music video game
 * Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, a first-person action game with role-playing elements

Places

 * Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean Sea
 * DM, the nation's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code
 * .dm, the nation's country code top-level domain
 * Des Moines, the capital of the state of Iowa in the United States
 * Davis-Monthan, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, AZ

People

 * Dennis Miller (born 1953), an American entertainer, stand-up comedian, TV personality
 * Dean Malenko (born 1960), a pro wrestler
 * David Miscavige (born 1960), a chairman of RTC (Religious Technology Center)
 * Dave Mustaine (born 1961), a guitarist and songwriter of Megadeth
 * Danger Mouse (born 1977), an American musical artist and producer
 * Drum major, the leader of a marching band
 * Defensive Midfielder, an association football position
 * Divemaster, a title in scuba diving
 * Dungeon monitor, a safety official at BDSM parties