Charm

Charm or charms, or The Charm, originally from Latin carmen ("song"), may refer to:

Common meanings

• charisma, a person or thing's pronounced ability to attract others
• superficial charm, the tendency to be smooth, engaging, charming, slick and verbally facile
• a spell (paranormal) or incantation
• an object believed to have been magically charmed, such as an amulet or talisman
• a trinket, as on a charm bracelet

People

• Daniel Charms, a pseudonym of Russian poet, writer and dramatist Daniil Kharms (1905-1942)
• Charm Tong (born 1981), teacher and human rights activist from Shan State, Burma

Business

• BlackBerry Charm, a mobile phone
• Motorola Charm, a smartphone
• Charm (finance), in quantitative finance, a second order derivative of an option pricing function versus the underlying spot price and time
• The Charm Company, manufacturer of Charms Blow Pops candy; acquired by Tootsie Roll Industries
• Charms, a brand of cigarette manufactured by VST Industries

Science and computing

• Charm (quantum number)
• Charm (programming language)
• Charm++, a C++-based programming language
• "The charms", part of Microsoft Windows' user interface
• CHange And Release Management (CHARM)

Books

• Charm, book by Stephen Bayley
• Charm, book by Rachel Rosenthal 1987
• The Charm, play by Walter Besant 1896
• The Charm, poetry collection by Robert Creeley 1969
• The Charm, poetry collection by Kathy Fagan

Music

Bands

• The Charms, an American garage rock band
• Otis Williams and the Charms, an American doo-wop group

Albums

• The Charm, the third album by American rapper Bubba Sparxxx
• Charm (album), by American producer and rapper Danny!

Songs

• "Charm", a song by Wild Colonials from This Can't Be Life
• "Charm", a song by Tony Banks from the The Fugitive (album) 1983
• "Charm", a song by Positive Noise 1981
• "Charm", a song by Sheila Buxton 1957
• "Charm", a song by Terry Dene 1958
• "Charm", a song by Virginia Astley 1987
• "Charms" (song), a 1963 song by Bobby Vee
• "Charms", a song from the 1996 album The Philosopher Kings by Canadian band The Philosopher Kings
• "Charms", a 1976 song by Cleo Laine and John Williams
• Charm, a composition for wind band by Helge Sunde

Other uses

• Charm, Ohio, an unincorporated community
• Baltimore Charm, a franchise in the Legends Football League (formerly the Lingerie Football League)
• Neoregelia 'Charm', a hybrid cultivar

See also

• Charmer (disambiguation)
• Charming (disambiguation)
• Charmed (disambiguation)
• CHARMM, Chemistry at HARvard Macromolecular Mechanics