CM
Encyclopedia
Places
- CameroonCameroonCameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
, which has the ISO and FIPS country code "CM"- .cm.cm.cm is the country code top-level domain for Cameroon.The official registrar for .cm domains is Netcom.cm, based in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon. Netcom.cm Sarl was founded in early 2008 as a partner of ANTIC, the Information Technology Regulator for Cameroon. On October 15, 2008, NETCOM.cm...
, the country code top-level domain for Cameroon
- .cm
- ChelmsfordChelmsfordChelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...
, which has the British post code "CM"
Science
- CentimetreCentimetreA centimetre is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one hundredth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length. Centi is the SI prefix for a factor of . Hence a centimetre can be written as or — meaning or respectively...
a unit of length equal to one hundredth of a metre - CuriumCuriumCurium is a synthetic chemical element with the symbol Cm and atomic number 96. This radioactive transuranic element of the actinide series was named after Marie Skłodowska-Curie and her husband Pierre Curie. Curium was first intentionally produced and identified in summer 1944 by the group of...
, a synthetic chemical element with the symbol "Cm" and atomic number 96 - Crystal MethMethamphetamineMethamphetamine is a psychostimulant of the phenethylamine and amphetamine class of psychoactive drugs...
, Methamphetamine - Coulomb-metre, SI unit of electrical dipole moment (symbol Cm)
- CentimorganCentimorganIn genetics, a centimorgan or map unit is a unit of recombinant frequency for measuring genetic linkage, defined as that distance between chromosome positions for which the expected average number of intervening chromosomal crossovers in a single generation is 0.01. It is often used to infer...
, a unit of recombinant frequency for measuring genetic linkage - Center of massCenter of massIn physics, the center of mass or barycenter of a system is the average location of all of its mass. In the case of a rigid body, the position of the center of mass is fixed in relation to the body...
, the point at which an object's mass seems to be concentrated - Circular milCircular milA circular mil is a unit of area, equal to the area of a circle with a diameter of one mil . It is a convenient unit for referring to the area of a wire with a circular cross section, because the area in circular mils can be calculated without reference to pi .The area in circular mils, A, of a...
, a unit of area equal to the area of a circle with a diameter of one mil - Chiari malformation, a narrowing of the skull which puts pressure on the cerebellum and interferes with normal cerebrospinal fluid flow
- Contingency managementContingency ManagementContingency management is a type of treatment used in the mental health or substance abuse fields. Patients are rewarded for their behavior; generally, adherence to or failure to adhere to program rules and regulations or their treatment plan...
, a type of treatment where patients are rewarded (or, less often, punished) for their behavior - Contrast MediumContrast mediumA medical contrast medium is a substance used to enhance the contrast of structures or fluids within the body in medical imaging...
, substances used to enhance contrast in X-Ray imaging (e.g. CT, MRI) - Cervical mucus, a substance which plugs the opening of the cervix, changes in whose composition may affect conception
Titles
- Candidate Master, an international chess title
- Chaconia Medal of the Order of the Trinity, a national award of Trinidad and Tobago
- Chirurgiae Magister, Master of SurgeryMaster of SurgeryThe Master of Surgery is an advanced qualification in surgery. It is most commonly abbreviated Ch.M. or M.S., as well as M.Ch. and M.Chir. from its Latin name, Magister Chirurgiae or the English form of Master of Surgery....
, a degree conferred at the end of surgical specialty programs in Commonwealth countries; in prior times, was sometimes conferred along with the MD. see William OslerWilliam OslerSir William Osler, 1st Baronet was a physician. He was one of the "Big Four" founding professors at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the first Professor of Medicine and founder of the Medical Service there. Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a physician. He was... - Certified Manager, an internationally recognized professioinal credential for managers and leaders
- Chief ministerChief MinisterA Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...
, the elected head of government of a sub-national state - Construction Mechanic (US Navy)Construction Mechanic (US Navy)Construction Mechanic is a United States Navy occupational rating.Construction Mechanics perform tasks involved in maintenance, repair and overhaul of automotive, materials handling and construction equipment; assign and supervise activities of assistants who locate, analyze and correct...
, a Seabee occupational rating in the U.S. Navy - Certified Midwife, health care profession
- A member of the Order of CanadaOrder of CanadaThe Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
, as the post-nominal letters "C.M." - A member of the Congregation of the Mission, as the post-nominal letters "C.M."
Computing
- Avaya Communications ManagerAvaya Communications ManagerAvaya Communication Manager is a call processing system developed by Avaya with voice application software, messaging and contact center. This system is a telecommunication product which allows VoIP on legacy installed PBX systems and offers a migration path to install VoIP as resources become...
, call processing software developed by Avaya - Championship ManagerChampionship ManagerChampionship Manager was the very first game in the popular Championship Manager series of association football management simulation games. The game was originally released on the Amiga and Atari ST in September, 1992 and then ported to the PC/DOS platform soon after...
, popular football management sim game - Change Management (ITSM)Change Management (ITSM)Change management is an IT service management discipline. The objective of change management in this context is to ensure that standardized methods and procedures are used for efficient and prompt handling of all changes to control IT infrastructure, in order to minimize the number and impact of...
, IT Service Management discipline - Computer ModernComputer ModernComputer Modern is the family of typefaces used by default by the typesetting program TeX. It was created by Donald Knuth with his METAFONT program, and was most recently updated in 1992. However, the family font was superseded by CM-Super , the latest release dating 2008...
, default family of typefaces used by the typesetting program TeX - Configuration managementConfiguration managementConfiguration management is a field of management that focuses on establishing and maintaining consistency of a system or product's performance and its functional and physical attributes with its requirements, design, and operational information throughout its life.For information assurance, CM...
, used to identify and maintain product releases, and code maintenance throughout the development life cycle - Connection MachineConnection MachineThe Connection Machine was a series of supercomputers that grew out of Danny Hillis' research in the early 1980s at MIT on alternatives to the traditional von Neumann architecture of computation...
, series of supercomputers. - Context menuContext menuA context menu is a menu in a graphical user interface that appears upon user interaction, such as a right mouse click or middle click mouse operation...
, pop-up menu in computer interfaces which can vary depending on the item selected - Content ManagementContent managementContent management, or CM, is the set of processes and technologies that support the collection, managing, and publishing of information in any form or medium. In recent times this information is typically referred to as content or, to be precise, digital content...
, technologies that support the collection, management, and publishing of information - CyanogenModCyanogenModCyanogenMod is an after-market replacement for the firmware of over sixty cell phones and Internet tablets. Based on the Android mobile computer operating system, it offers features and options not found in the official firmware distributed by vendors of these devices.Features supported by...
, aftermarket firmware for a number of Android phones
Entertainment
- Captain Mainwaring, a character in the classic BBC sitcom Dad's Army
- Criminal MindsCriminal MindsCriminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...
, a television crime drama series on CBS - Cooking MamaCooking Mamais a cookery simulation-styled minigame compilation video game for the Nintendo DS and iOS developed by Office Create and published by Taito, Majesco Entertainment, and 505 Games. It was awarded IGN's "Best Of E3" award for 2006 and was joined by a sequel for the DS, Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with...
, a video game released in 2006 - The Cross MovementThe Cross Movement-Ministry:The Cross Movement has three separate and distinct eponymous components which comprise its ministry. The first component is the Christian hip hop group known as The Cross Movement which was most recently composed of four solo rappers: The Ambassador , The Tonic , Phanatik , and...
, a Christian hip-hop group - ChessmasterChessmasterChessmaster is a chess playing computer game series which is now owned and developed by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess franchise in history, with more than five million units sold .-Timeline:...
, chess computer program series
Organizations
- Cooler MasterCooler MasterCooler Master is a computer hardware manufacturer from Taiwan. Founded in 1992, the company is a popular aftermarket brand for computer chassis, PSU, coolers, cooling pads, and other accessories...
, a computer hardware manufacturer. - Copa AirlinesCopa AirlinesCompañía Panameña de Aviación, S.A., operating as Copa Airlines ', is an airline based in Panama City, Panama, and serves as Panama's flag carrier...
, which has the IATA airline designator "CM" - Correio da ManhãCorreio da ManhãCorreio da Manhã is a major daily Portuguese newspaper , published in Lisbon. It is published by the publishing division of the Cofina group.It is regarded as the most read general newspaper in the country....
, a Portuguese daily newspaper - LazaristsLazaristsCongregation of the Mission is a vowed order of priests and brothers associated with the Vincentian Family, a loose federation of organizations who claim St. Vincent de Paul as their founder or Patron...
, also known as Congregatio Missionis, the Congregation of Priests of the Mission in the Roman Catholic Church - Chemins de Fer du Morbihan, a metre gauge railway network in Brittany, France
Other uses
- Apollo Command/Service ModuleApollo Command/Service ModuleThe Command/Service Module was one of two spacecraft, along with the Lunar Module, used for the United States Apollo program which landed astronauts on the Moon. It was built for NASA by North American Aviation...
(command module is one half) - Condition MonitoringCondition monitoringCondition monitoring is the process of monitoring a parameter of condition in machinery, such that a significant change is indicative of a developing failure. It is a major component of predictive maintenance. The use of conditional monitoring allows maintenance to be scheduled, or other actions...
, the process of monitoring a parameter of condition in machinery, such that a significant change is indicative of a developing failure - Configuration managementConfiguration managementConfiguration management is a field of management that focuses on establishing and maintaining consistency of a system or product's performance and its functional and physical attributes with its requirements, design, and operational information throughout its life.For information assurance, CM...
, used to identify and maintain product configurations throughout their development life cycle - Construction ManagementConstruction managementConstruction Project Management is the overall planning, coordination and control of a project from inception to completion aimed at meeting a client’s requirements in order to produce a functionally and financially viable project that will be complete mingement is project management that applies...
- Contract manufacturerContract manufacturerA contract manufacturer is a manufacturer that contracts with a firm for components or products. It is a form of outsourcing.-Business model:...
, a company that manufactures items for other companies - Cypro-Minoan syllabaryCypro-Minoan syllabaryThe Cypro-Minoan syllabary is an undeciphered syllabic script used on the island of Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age . The term "Cypro-Minoan" was coined by Sir Arthur Evans in 1909 based on its visual similarity to Linear A on Minoan Crete, which CM is thought to be derived from...
, a form of writing used in Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age - Centre Midfielder, a player position in association football (Soccer).
- Community ManagementCommunity managementCommunity management or common-pool resource management is the management of a common resource or issue by a community through the collective action of volunteers and stakeholders. The resource managed can be either material or informational. Examples include the management of common grazing and...
- Common metreCommon metreCommon metre or Common measure, abbreviated C. M., is a poetic meter consisting of four lines which alternate between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter Common metre or Common measure, abbreviated C. M., is a poetic meter consisting of four lines which alternate between iambic tetrameter (four...
in poetry, an iambic metre consisting of four lines of length 8, 6, 8 and 6 syllables
May also refer to
- Roman numeral for 900
- Television advertisementTelevision advertisementA television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
, it is used in the Japanese language as an acronym for "commercial message"
Cm
- C minorC minorC minor is a minor scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. The harmonic minor raises the B to B. Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with naturals and accidentals as necessary.Its key signature consists of three flats...
, a minor scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E-flat, F, G, A-flat, B-flat and C - Pitching momentPitching momentIn aerodynamics, the pitching moment on an airfoil is the moment produced by the aerodynamic force on the airfoil if that aerodynamic force is considered to be applied, not at the center of pressure, but at the aerodynamic center of the airfoil...
coefficient, the coefficient of a moment produced by a vertical force applied at a distance forward or aft from the aerodynamic center of the airfoil