WDM
Encyclopedia
WDM is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:
WDM could also be the initials of:
- Warm dark matterWarm dark matterWarm dark matter is a hypothesized form of dark matter that has properties intermediate between those of hot dark matter and cold dark matter, causing structure formation to occur bottom-up from above their free-streaming scale, and top-down below their free streaming scale. The most common WDM...
- Warm dense matterWarm Dense MatterWarm dense matter, abbreviated WDM, is the non-equilibrium state of matter between a solid and a plasma. It can be defined as the state that is too dense to be described by weakly coupled plasma physics yet that is too energetic to be described by condensed matter physics...
- Wavelength-division multiplexingWavelength-division multiplexingIn fiber-optic communications, wavelength-division multiplexing is a technology which multiplexes a number of optical carrier signals onto a single optical fiber by using different wavelengths of laser light...
- wdm, the WINGs Display ManagerWINGs Display ManagerIn computing, the WINGs Display Manager is a display manager for the X window system, mainly used for graphically logging in, on a Unix-based system.WINGs is a modification of xdm, XFree86's original display manager....
- West Des Moines, IowaWest Des Moines, IowaWest Des Moines is a city in Polk, Dallas, and Warren counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 46,403; a special census taken in the spring of 2005 counted 51,744 residents and the United States Census Bureau estimated that 53,889 residents lived there in...
- Western Development Museum of Saskatchewan
- Windows Driver ModelWindows Driver ModelIn computing, the Windows Driver Model — also known at one point as the Win32 Driver Model — is a framework for device drivers that was introduced with Windows 98 and Windows 2000 to replace VxD, which was used on older versions of Windows such as Windows 95 and Windows 3.1, as well...
- World Development MovementWorld Development MovementThe World Development Movement is a membership organisation in the United Kingdom which campaigns on issues of global justice and development in the Global South....
WDM could also be the initials of:
- Warith Deen MuhammadWarith Deen MuhammadWarith Deen Mohammed also known as W. Deen Mohammed or Imam W. Deen Muhammad, was a progressive African American Muslim leader, theologian, philosopher, Muslim revivalist and Islamic thinker who disbanded the original Nation of Islam in 1976 and transformed it into an orthodox mainstream Islamic...
(Wallace D. Muhammad), a leader of the Nation of Islam - Warren Demian ManshelWarren Demian ManshelWarren Demian Manshel was born in Germany and went to school with Henry Kissinger. Manshel became a naturalized US citizen and graduated from Harvard University.He was U.S. Ambassador to Denmark from 1978–1981....
, a U.S. ambassador - William D. MitchellWilliam D. MitchellWilliam DeWitt Mitchell was appointed to the position of U.S. Solicitor General by Calvin Coolidge on June 4, 1925, which he held until he was appointed to the position of U.S. Attorney General for the entirety of Herbert Hoover's Presidency.Born in Winona, Minnesota to William B...
, a U.S. Attorney General - William De MorganWilliam De MorganWilliam Frend De Morgan was an English potter and tile designer. A lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass and furniture for Morris & Co. from 1863 to 1872. His tiles are often based on medieval designs or Persian patterns, and he experimented with innovative glazes and...
, a tile designer - William Diller MatthewWilliam Diller MatthewWilliam Diller Matthew FRS was a vertebrate paleontologist who worked primarily on mammal fossils....
, a paleontologist - William Dunn MoseleyWilliam Dunn MoseleyWilliam Dunn Moseley was an American politician. A Democrat and North Carolina native, Moseley became the first Governor of the state of Florida, serving from 1845 until 1849 and leading the establishment of the state government.-Early life and education:He was born at Moseley Hall in Lenoir...
, a U.S. politician - Walter Dean Meyers, an American author