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Adam is a figure in the Book of Genesis. According to the creation myth of Abrahamic religions, he is the first human. In the Genesis creation narratives, he was created by Yahweh-Elohim , and the first woman, Eve was formed from his rib...

is a figure in the Book of Genesis.

Adam may also refer to:
  • Adam (given name)
  • Adam (surname)

Contemporary fiction

  • Adam (2008 novel)
    Adam (2008 novel)
    Adam, a novel by renowned author Ted Dekker, was released on April 1, 2008. This book is not directly tied to any others, as many of Dekker's novels are.-Christian Retail Version:...

    , a novel by author Ted Dekker (2008)
  • Adam (2009 film), a 2009 film
  • Adam (TV film), a 1983 made-for-TV film
  • Adam (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Adam (comic), the title character in a comic, Adam@home by Brian Basset
  • Adam, the first angel in Neon Genesis Evangelion
  • Adam (Northern Exposure), a fictional character of the American television series Northern Exposure
  • "Adam" (Torchwood)
    Adam (Torchwood)
    "Adam" is the fifth episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was broadcast by BBC Two on 13 February 2008.-Synopsis:Torchwood encounter an alien, Adam, who has the ability of memory manipulation...

    , a 2008 episode from Series 2 of the TV series Torchwood
  • Prince Adam, the alter ego of He-Man in animated TV series Masters of the Universe
  • ADAM, a drug in the video game BioShock
    Bioshock
    BioShock is a first-person shooter video game developed by 2K Boston and designed by Ken Levine. It was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 on August 21, 2007 in North America, and three days later in Europe and Australia. It became available on Steam on August 21, 2007...


People

  • Adam (Malaysian singer), the Malaysian singer, or his album Adam
    Adam (album)
    Adam is the eponymous debut album by Malaysian pop singer Adam. It was released on September 27, 2005.-Track listing:#"Tak Tahu" – 3:57#"Sana Sini" – 3:52#"Jatuh" – 3:49#"Terhangat Di Pasaran " – 4:01...

  • Adam (murder victim) (c. 1990–2001), name given to the victim of an unsolved Thames murder case

Places

  • Adam, Oman
    Adam, Oman
    Adam is a town in the region Ad Dakhiliyah, in northeastern Oman.The history of the Wilayat of Adam dates back to pre-Islamic times. Adam has several meanings in Arabic but most likely means the fertile land. The most notable places are Harrat al Bousaid, Harrat Al Hawashim & Harrat Bani Shiban,...

    , a town in Oman
  • Geva Binyamin
    Geva Binyamin
    Geva Binyamin , also known as Adam , is a communal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located five kilometers north-west of Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council...

    , an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, also known as Adam
  • City of Adam
    City of Adam
    The City of Adam stood "beside Zarethan" on the east bank of the Jordan, it is called also "Damia". According to the Book of Joshua, the flow of the water was arrested, and rose up "upon an heap" at the time of the Israelites' passing over....

    , a city mentioned in the Book of Joshua in the Bible
  • Adam, a village in Drăguşeni
    Draguseni, Galati
    Drăguşeni is a commune in Galaţi County, Romania with a population of 5,255 people. It is composed of seven villages: Adam, Căuieşti, Drăguşeni, Fundeanu, Ghingheşti, Nicopole and Ştieţeşti....

     Commune, Galaţi County, Romania
  • the Adam Range
    Adam Range
    The Adam Range is a mountain range on Île Vanier, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the many mountain ranges in the Canadian Arctic that make up the Arctic Cordillera mountain system.-References:...

    , a mountain range in Nunavut, Canada

Companies

  • Adam Aircraft Industries
    Adam Aircraft Industries
    Adam Aircraft Industries was an aircraft manufacturer founded by George F. Adam Jr and John C. Knudsen in 1998. The company was located at Centennial Airport in the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area of Colorado....

    , an aircraft manufacturer
  • Adam and Company
    Adam and Company
    Adam and Company Plc is a private banking house based in the United Kingdom, part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. It offers a range of private banking services including investment management and advisory services to customers in the UK and overseas....

    , a private bank in the UK
  • ADAM Audio
    ADAM Audio
    ADAM Audio is a loudspeaker manufacturing company, based in Berlin, Germany. The company offers home loudspeakers and studio monitors. The latter range from nearfield to big main monitors. Both ranges may be supplemented with ADAM subwoofers...

    , a German loudspeaker manufacturer
  • A.D.A.M., Inc.
    A.D.A.M., Inc.
    A.D.A.M., Inc. was a NASDAQ-traded public company based in Atlanta, Georgia, that provided consumer health information and benefits technology products to healthcare organizations, employers, consumers, and educational institutions...

    , a health information company
  • Adam Internet
    Adam Internet
    -Background:Originally founded in 1986 as the Adelaide Amiga club, Adam Internet grew out of the original bulletin board system of the Adelaide Amiga User Group. The bulletin board was set up in 1987 and was originally run by the user group, but was co-opted by its sysop, Greg Hicks...

    , a South Australian ISP offering ADSL2+ services
  • Adam Motor Company
    Adam Motor Company
    Adam Motor Company, Ltd. was an automobile manufacturer based in Karachi, Pakistan. They were notable for producing the Revo, which was Pakistan's first indigenously designed car...

    , a Pakistani automobile manufacturer
  • Adam VIII
    Adam VIII
    Adam VIII Limited was a former record label, founded by music publisher Morris Levy, and named after his son Adam.Adam VIII specialised in mail order issues and reissues of popular music, including works originally appearing on Roulette Records, also owned by Morris Levy.The label's reputation...

    , a record label

Products

  • ADAM (company)
    ADAM (company)
    - History of ADAM by Adam Lippes :ADAM, originally named adampluseve, was founded in 2004 by Adam Lippes, the former Creative Director of Oscar de la Renta. The range was launched in Spring 2004, starting as a range of luxury basics and later expanding into a full collection of sportswear for men...

    , a range of clothing designed by Adam Lippes
  • Coleco Adam
    Coleco Adam
    The Coleco Adam is a home computer, an attempt in the early 1980s by American toy manufacturer Coleco to follow on the success of its ColecoVision game console...

    , an early home computer
  • Adam tablet
    Adam tablet
    The Adam Tablet is a tablet computer designed by Bangalore-based firm Notion Ink. The worldwide launch occurred on December 18, 2010 via a video released by Notion Ink detailing their Eden Interface...

    , a tablet PC product from Notion Ink
  • Active Directory Application Mode, the previous name for Microsoft's Active Directory Lightweight Director Service

Science

  • Amniotic band constriction
    Amniotic Band Constriction
    Amniotic band constriction is a congenital disorder caused by entrapment of fetal parts in fibrous amniotic bands while in utero.- Epidemiology :Amniotic banding affects approximately 1 in 1200 live births...

     or Amniotic Deformity, Adhesions and Mutilations (ABS)
  • ADAM protein
    ADAM Protein
    ADAM is a family of peptidase proteins. It is also known as the adamalysin family or MDC family. ADAMs are classified as sheddases because they cut off or shed extracellular portions of transmembrane proteins. For example, ADAM10 can cut off part of the HER2 receptor, activating it...

    , a family of peptidase proteins
  • ADAM, an organic compound: 2-((2-((dimethylamino)methyl)phenyl)thio)-5-iodophenylamine used in SPECT and PET
    Positron emission tomography
    Positron emission tomography is nuclear medicine imaging technique that produces a three-dimensional image or picture of functional processes in the body. The system detects pairs of gamma rays emitted indirectly by a positron-emitting radionuclide , which is introduced into the body on a...

     scanning
  • Y-chromosomal Adam
    Y-chromosomal Adam
    In human genetics, Y-chromosomal Adam is the theoretical most recent common ancestor from whom all living people are descended patrilineally . Many studies report that Y-chromosomal Adam lived as early as around 142,000 years ago and possibly as recently as 60,000 years ago...

    , patrilineal most recent common ancestor
  • Audit Data Analysis and Mining (ADAM), an intrusion detection system
  • Adam (robot)
    Adam (robot)
    Adam is a robot scientist or laboratory robot created and developed by the Computational Biology research group at Aberystwyth University. As a prototype for a "robot scientist", Adam is able to perform independent experiments to test hypotheses and interpret findings without human guidance...

    , a robot and the first machine in history to have discovered new scientific knowledge independently of its human creators
  • Adam (tree)
    Adam (tree)
    The Adam Tree is the 21st largest giant sequoia in the world. It is located in Mountain Home Grove, a sequoia grove in Sequoia National Forest in the Sierra Nevada in eastern California. The Adam tree was named around 1884 by Jesse Hoskins, who was also responsible for the room cut out of the...

    , a giant sequoia tree in California

Government programs

  • Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring
    Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring
    Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring, or ADAM, was a survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice to gauge the prevalence of alcohol and illegal drug use among prior arrestees...

     (ADAM), a United States drug-abuse-monitoring program
  • Code Adam
    Code Adam
    Code Adam is a "missing child" safety program in the United States and Canada, originally created by Wal-Mart retail stores in 1994. It is named in memory of Adam Walsh, the 6-year-old son of John Walsh . Adam was abducted from a Sears department store in Florida in 1981 and was later found murdered...

    , used in the United States to alert the public of missing children
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