TAM

TAM or Tam may refer to:

Science

• TAM Mild Jalapeño, a milder breed of jalapeño pepper first cultivated at Texas A&M University
• Tamoxifen, an antagonist of the estrogen receptor in breast tissue
• Teen Age Message, a Messaging to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence project, realized during August–September 2001
• Transparent Anatomical Manikin, an educational device consisting of a plastic transparent human body
• Tam (unit), a traditional Asian unit of weight
• Thioacetamide, an organosulfur compound
• Tumor-associated macrophage, a type of white blood cell (macrophage) within or closely associated with cancer tumors.

Technology

• Technology acceptance model, an information systems theory
• Telecom Application Map
• Telephone answering machine, a device used for automatically answering telephone calls
• IBM Tivoli Access Manager, access control software
• Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh, a computer built by Apple Computer
• Technical Account Manager, a role of agent in sales engineering

Transport and military

• Tamworth railway station (National Rail code), England
• General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport (IATA airport code), in Tampico, Mexico
• TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas), an airline headquartered in Brazil
• TAM Airlines (Paraguay), a Paraguay-based subsidiary of TAM Airlines
• TAM Air, a Georgian airline
• TAM – Transporte Aéreo Militar, a military-owned civil airline based in Bolivia
• Tovarna avtomobilov Maribor, a former Slovenian automotive company
• Tecnologia Aeroespacial Mexicana, a jet pack company
• Transports de l'Agglomération de Montpellier (TaM), a public transport company in Montpellier, France
• Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing, a military aircraft and weapons/armoured vehicles construction plant
• TAM (tank) (Tanque Argentino Mediano), a tank designed by Germany and built and used by Argentina

Organisations

• The Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
• Toyota Astra Motor, an Indonesian company; see Toyota Camry (XV50)
• TAM Media Research, an Indian television audience measurement company
• TAM (theatre), a theatre in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Tamalpais High School, California, US, often abbreviated as Tam

Linguistics

• Tense–aspect–mood, a grammatical category
• Tamil language (ISO 639 language code)

People

• Tam (surname) (譚), the Cantonese romanisation of "Tan", a common Chinese surname
• Reuben Tam (1916–1991), American artist
• Rabbeinu Tam (1100–1171), Rabbi Jacob Tam
• Thomas (name), a shortening of the name in Scots

Fictional characters

• Tam Lin, a character in a legendary ballad originating from the Scottish Borders
• River Tam, a fictional character in the Firefly television series
• Simon Tam, a fictional character in the Firefly television series

Other uses

• Mount Tam or Mount Tamalpais, California, US
• Total addressable market, the revenue opportunity available for a product or service
• The Amaz!ng Meeting, an annual skeptics convention sponsored by the James Randi Educational Foundation
• The Aging Male, a medical journal
• Tam o' Shanter, a type of bonnet originating from Scotland
• Tam, a women's hat derived from the tam o' shanter and popular from the 1920s
• Team Action Management, a business strategy technique developed by Albert S. Humphrey at SRI International
• The Tams, a soul music group from the U.S. state of Georgia

See also

• TAM 5 or The Spirit of Butts' Farm, the first model plane to cross the Atlantic Ocean
• Tamtam (disambiguation)