Codes

• DEM, the ISO
  International Organization for Standardization
  The International Organization for Standardization , widely known as ISO, is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on February 23, 1947, the organization promulgates worldwide proprietary, industrial and commercial...
  
   4217
  ISO 4217
  ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...
  
   code for Deutsche Mark
  German mark
  The Deutsche Mark |mark]], abbreviated "DM") was the official currency of West Germany and Germany until the adoption of the euro in 2002. It is commonly called the "Deutschmark" in English but not in German. Germans often say "Mark" or "D-Mark"...
  
  , the former currency of Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
  

Computing

• Digital elevation model
  Digital elevation model
  A digital elevation model is a digital model or 3-D representation of a terrain's surface — commonly for a planet , moon, or asteroid — created from terrain elevation data....
  
  , a digital representation of ground surface topography or terrain
  • .dem, a common extension for USGS DEM
    USGS DEM
    The USGS DEM standard is a geospatial file format developed by the United States Geological Survey for storing a raster-based digital elevation model. It is an open standard, and is used throughout the world...
    
     files
• Diffuse element method
  Diffuse element method
  The diffuse element method is a computer simulation technique used in engineering analysis. It is a meshfree method.The diffuse element method was developed by B. Nayroles, G. Touzot and Pierre Villon at the Universite de Technologie de Compiegne, in 1992.It is in concept rather similar to the...
  
  , a numerical simulation method used e.g. to solve partial differential equations
• Discrete element method
  Discrete element method
  A discrete element method , also called a distinct element method is any of family of numerical methods for computing the motion of a large number of particles of micrometre-scale size and above...
  
   or discrete element modeling, a family of numerical methods for computing the motion of a large number of small particles (like molecules or grains of sand)

Organisations

• Department of Environmental Management, a name of various government entities
• Democrats (Brazil)
  Democrats (Brazil)
  The Democrats is a centre-right political party in Brazil, considered the main in the right-wing spectrum. Despite its former name , the party affiliates itself to the Centrist Democrat International, and the International Democrat Union. The name comes from its support to free market policies...
  
  , political party

Slang

• Dem, slang for “democrat”
• Dem, a vernacular for “them” used by Nigerians, Jamaicans and others
• Dem, slang for “those”

Miscellaneous

• Deus ex machina
  Deus ex machina
  A deus ex machina is a plot device whereby a seemingly inextricable problem is suddenly and abruptly solved with the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability, or object.-Linguistic considerations:...
  
   (Latin
  Latin
  Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
  
  ; literally “a god from a machine”), a resolution to a story that does not pay due regard to the story's internal logic and that is so unlikely that it challenges suspension of disbelief, and presumably allows the author, director, or developer to end the story in the way that he or she desired
• Dynamic element matching, a technique used in integrated circuit
  Integrated circuit
  An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements into the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material...
  
  s design to compensate for components mismatch
• Lake Dem
  Lake Dem
  Lake Dem is a small lake in northern Burkina Faso, located to the north of Kaya, south of the Sahel Reserve and south-east of Lake Bam. It drains into the White Volta. It is 5 km long and 2 km wide. It lies at an elevation of 304 m ....
  
  in Burkina Faso