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'''Sam''', '''SAM''' or variants may refer to:
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==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 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)]] (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
* [[Shem#In Islam|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==
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* [[Sam (1967 film)|''Sam'' (1967 film)]], directed by Larry Buchanan
* [[Sam (1986 film)|''Sam'' (1986 film)]], a documentary
* [[Sam (2021 film)|''Sam'' (2021 film)]], directed by Yan England
* [[Sam (Osvajači album)|''Sam'' (Osvajači album)]], 1995
* [[Sam (Škabo album)|''Sam'' (Škabo album)]], 2003
* [[Sam (Olivia Newton-John song)|"Sam" (Olivia Newton-John song)]], 1977
* [[Sam (1973 TV series)|''Sam'' (1973 TV series)]], a British drama
* [[Sam (1978 TV series)|''Sam'' (1978 TV series)]], an American crime drama
* [[Sam (Goodman novel)|''Sam'' (Goodman 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: <code>sam</code>)

==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 Cuna as '{{lang|cuk|sam}}'
* [[S-Adenosyl methionine|''S''-Adenosyl methionine]], a common co-substrate involved in methyl group transfers
* SAM, a [[Bacterial phyla#Uncultivated Phyla and metagenomics|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#Politics|chatbot]] 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 {{slink|Color Computer|SAM}}
* [[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===
* [[Scanning acoustic microscope]]
* [[Sample Analysis at Mars]], on the Curiosity rover
* Scanning Auger microscope in [[Auger electron spectroscopy]]
* [[Scheduled monument|Scheduled Ancient Monument]], 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 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 measure]]s, in US law
* [[Split attraction model]], a psychology model about sexual orientation
* ''Sam'', in Indian classical music, the first count of a ''[[Tala (music)|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)]]

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