Sam, SAM or variants may refer to:

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

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

* Sam (1967 film), ''Sam'' (1967 film), a 1976 film directed by Larry Buchanan * Sam (1986 film), ''Sam'' (1986 film), a 1986 documentary film * Sam (2021 film), ''Sam'' (2021 film), a 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), a US crime drama * S.A.M. (comics), ''S.A.M.'' (comics), a French comic book * 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

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 * Snowmobile Association of Massachusetts * Society of American Magicians

Science and technology

Biology, chemistry and medicine

* ''Phytelephas seemannii'', known in Cuna as '' * 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 * Self-Service Automated Machine, A Machine used by people living in Singapore to quench their postal needs * 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 * 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 measures, in US law * ''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 American Samoa