Hum or HUM may refer to:

Science

Hum (sound) A hum (Help:IPA/English, /hʌm/ ) Latin: murmur, The sound of giraffes humming () is a sound made by producing a wordless tone with the mouth closed, forcing the sound to emerge from the nose. To hum is to produce such a sound, often with a me ...

, a sound produced with closed lips, or by insects, or other periodic motion *

Mains hum Mains hum, electric hum, cycle hum, or power line hum is a sound associated with alternating current which is twice the Utility frequency, frequency of the mains electricity. The fundamental frequency of this sound is usually double that of the l ...

, an electric or electromagnetic phenomenon *

The Hum The Hum is persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise audible to many but not all people. Hums have been reported in many countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. They are so ...

, an acoustic phenomenon *

Venous hum Venous hum is a benign auscultatory phenomenon caused by the normal flow of blood through the jugular veins. At rest, 20% of cardiac output flows to the brain via the internal carotid and vertebral arteries; this drains via the internal jugular ve ...

, a physiological sensation

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Hum (band) Hum was an American alternative rock band from Champaign, Illinois, United States. They are best known for their 1995 radio hit "Stars". After initially disbanding in 2000, Hum was largely inactive (save for sporadic performances) until reuni ...

, a band from Champaign, Illinois, US * ''The Hum'' (Hookworms album), 2014 * ''The Hum'' (O'Hooley & Tidow album), 2014 * ''Hum'' (Eerie Wanda album), 2016 * "Hum", 2014 song by Tigers Jaw from ''Charmer'' * "The Hum" (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike song), 2015 * ''The Hum'',

Unwritten Law Unwritten Law is an American punk rock band formed in 1990 in Poway, California by drummer Wade Youman. The band has undergone multiple line-up changes, with Youman the sole remaining original member – however, he has left the group twice in i ...

album * "Hums", a song by Swans from ''

Leaving Meaning ''Leaving Meaning'' (stylized as ''leaving meaning.'') is the fifteenth studio album by American experimental band Swans. It was released October 25, 2019 on Young God and Mute. A double album, ''Leaving Meanings songs have been mixed separatel ...

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Hum'' (film), a 1991 Bollywood film * '' Hum – I'm Because of Us'', an Indian web series * Highly unusual method, or HUM, in contract bridge *

Hum FM Hum FM is a private FM radio station, broadcasting separately from the United Arab Emirates which plays Bollywood and pop music. It was acquired by Zee Entertainment, a subsidiary of Essel Group in September 2016. Cricket commentary In the pas ...

, an Emirati radio station *

Hum TV Hum TV HD is a 24-hour Urdu general entertainment TV channel based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded by Sultana Siddiqui and Duraid Qureshi. It is owned by Hum Network Limited and traded on the Pakistan Stock Exchange as (HUMNL). Hum Net ...

, a Pakistani television channel

Places

Historical

Hum (zemlja) The Humska ''Zemlja'', also Hum (), is a historical ''Zemlja (feudal Bosnia), zemlja'' that arose in the Middle Ages as well-defined administrative unit of medieval Bosnia ruled by the Kosača noble family, Kosača dynasty. It included most of to ...

, a medieval principality, now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mount Hum (Sarajevo) Hum, also referred to as ''Hum Brdo'' (lit. "Hum Hill"), is a small mountain located north of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. At its top is the Hum Tower. In wider terms, Hum hill is considered as part of Sarajevo's Ozren. Most of the area ha ...

, a hill north of Sarajevo *

Mount Hum (Mostar) Hum is a small mountain located south of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the left bank of the Neretva river. The 436-meter high mountain is part of the Čvrsnica region of the Dinaric Alps The Dinaric Alps (), also Dinarides, are a mountain ...

, a hill south of Mostar * Hum, Bugojno, a village in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Hum, Foča Hum ( sr-cyrl, Хум) is a village and a border crossing between Bosnia and Montenegro, under the eponymous mountain at the right bank of the Tara river, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the municipality of Foča, Republika Srpska Republika Srps ...

, a village in Republika Srpska *

Hum, Trebinje Hum ( sr-cyrl, Хум) is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavo ...

, a village in Republika Srpska

Croatia

Hum, Istria County Hum ( Italian: Colmo; German: Cholm) is a settlement, administratively located in the town of Buzet, in the central part of Istria, Croatia. The elevation is 349 m. Due to its size, Hum is considered by some to be one of the smallest towns in the ...

, a town in Istria * Hum, Virovitica-Podravina County, a village near

Voćin Voćin is a village and municipality in western Slavonia, Croatia, located southwest of Slatina and east of Daruvar. The population of the municipality is 1,911, with 956 people living in Voćin itself (census 2021). Geography Voćin, a pilgrima ...

Hum na Sutli Hum na Sutli () is a village and a municipality in the Krapina-Zagorje County of Croatia. In the 2011 census, there were 5,060 inhabitants in the municipality, in the following settlements: * Brezno Gora, population 75 * Donje Brezno, populatio ...

, a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County *

Mount Hum (Lastovo) Hum is a hill located on the island of Lastovo, in the Adriatic Sea and Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Sloven ...

, a hill on the island of Lastovo in Dalmatia *

Mount Hum (Plaški) Hum is a mountain in Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbi ...

, a hill in the region of mountainous Croatia *

Mount Hum (Vis) Mount Hum () is a mountain located on the island of Vis, Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the nort ...

, a hill on the island of Vis in Dalmatia

Elsewhere

Hum (Niš) Hum is a village situated in Niš municipality in Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map ...

, a village in Serbia * Hum (Pešter), a mountain on the border of Serbia and Montenegro *

Mount Hum (Laško) Hum, high and the most prominent peak of the Laško region, is situated on the Savinja river's left bank. For ages, its foothills have been giving a shelter to the old castle under which thermal water has been pumped from the springs. There is a ...

, a hill in Styria, Slovenia * Hum, Brda, a village in the Littoral region of Slovenia * Hum Island near Antarctica * HUM, the Chapman code for

Humberside Humberside () was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber, created from portions of the East Riding of Yorkshire, West Riding of ...

, former county in England, United Kingdom * HUM, the IATA code for Houma–Terrebonne Airport, in Louisiana, United States

People

* Hum Jayega (1922–1992), Nepali Indian comedian * Christopher Hum (born 1946), British diplomat *

Phan Văn Hùm Phan Văn Hùm (9 April 1902 – 1946) was a Vietnamese journalist, philosopher and revolutionary in French colonial Cochinchina who, from 1930, participated in the Trotskyist left opposition to the Communist Party of Nguyen Ai Quoc (Ho Chi Minh) ...

(1902–1946), Vietnamese Trotskyist

Other uses

* Honda of the UK Manufacturing, British motor vehicle assembler * Verizon Hum, a vehicle diagnostic and tracking system