Tom
Encyclopedia
Tom or TOM may refer to:
- Tom (name)Tom (name)Tom is a diminutive of Thomas.Notable people who use the diminutive include:* Tom Anderson , American MySpace co-creator* Tom Baker, British actor, the Fourth Doctor Who* Tom Brady, American football player for the New England Patriots...
, a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás (and a list of people with the name)
Surname
- Michael TomMichael TomMichael Tom was an American sculptor who was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He received a bachelor of fine art degree in painting and metalsmithing from Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California, and pursued graduate studies at San Diego State University. He started his artistic...
(1946-1999), American sculptor - Nicholle TomNicholle TomNicholle Tom is an American actress, best known for her role as Maggie Sheffield on The Nanny.-Career:Since 2006, Tom has starred in the IFC original The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman as Tara, an underling at a film production company.Before her fame on The Nanny, she was known for...
(born 1978), American actress
Given name
- Tom Anderson (born 1970), American entrepreneur, one of the founders of Myspace
- Tom FulpTom FulpThomas Michael "Tom" Fulp is the co-owner of video game company The Behemoth, and the creator and administrator of Newgrounds, a popular website for sharing Flash files...
(born 1978), American video game programmer, founder of the American website Newgrounds - Tom HanksTom HanksThomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title...
(born 1956), American actor - Tom ViezeeTom ViezeeTom A. Viezee is a Dutch Christian minister and former politician.- Biography :As a member of the Reformatory Political Federation Viezee was a councillor of Alphen aan den Rijn from 1990 to 1999...
(born 1950), Dutch Christian minister and politician
Characters
- Tom BarnabyTom BarnabyDetective Chief Inspector Thomas Geoffrey "Tom" Barnaby is a fictional detective created by Caroline Graham. DCI Barnaby is featured in the Chief Inspector Barnaby book series which began with The Killing at Badger's Drift in 1987. Barnaby is also the main detective in Midsomer Murders, a popular...
, the main character and (in some countries) the namesake of the TV series Midsomer Murders - Tom (Lost)Tom (Lost)Tom Friendly, often referred to as Tom or Mr. Friendly, is a recurring fictional character portrayed by M. C. Gainey on the American Broadcasting Company television series Lost. The series follows the lives of around forty survivors from the crash of Oceanic Flight 815...
, a character in the TV show Lost - Tom BombadilTom BombadilTom Bombadil is a supporting character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He appears in Tolkien's high fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings, published in 1954 and 1955. In the first volume, The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo Baggins and company meet Bombadil in the Old Forest...
, a character in the work of J. R. R. Tolkien - Tom CatTom CatThomas "Tom" Cat is a fictional character and half of the academy-award winning Tom and Jerry cartoon cat-and-mouse duo. He is a blue/grey anthropomorphic cat who first appeared in the 1940 animated short Puss Gets the Boot...
, a character in Tom and Jerry cartoons - Tom, a character in the Van Beuren Tom and JerryTom and Jerry (Van Beuren)Tom and Jerry are fictional characters that starred in a series of early sound cartoons produced by the Van Beuren Studios, and distributed by RKO Pictures. The series lasted from 1931 to 1933...
cartoon series - Tom HaverfordTom HaverfordThomas Montgomery "Tom" Haverford , born Darwish Sabir Ismael Gani, is a fictional character in the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation. He is a sarcastic, underachieving government official for the city of Pawnee who is revered for his high levels of swagger and unmatched entrepreneurial skills...
, a character in Parks and Recreation - Tom Riddle or Lord Voldemort, a main character in the Harry Potter series
- Tom SawyerTom SawyerThomas "Tom" Sawyer is the title character of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer . He appears in three other novels by Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , Tom Sawyer Abroad , and Tom Sawyer, Detective .Sawyer also appears in at least three unfinished Twain works, Huck and Tom...
, a character in several novels by Mark Twain - Tom ScavoTom ScavoThomas "Tom" Scavo is a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives, played by actor Doug Savant.Tom originally was a recurring throughout the first season but became a regular in season two. Early storylines often revolve around Tom's working habits and that he is alway...
, character in TV series Desperate Housewives - Uncle TomUncle TomUncle Tom is a derogatory term for a person who perceives themselves to be of low status, and is excessively subservient to perceived authority figures; particularly a black person who behaves in a subservient manner to white people....
, a character from the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe - Tom, a character from the book series Deltora QuestDeltora QuestDeltora Quest may refer to:*Deltora Quest *Deltora Quest...
by Emily Rodda.
Nature
- Tom RiverTom RiverTom is a river in Russia, a right tributary of the Ob. Its length is 540 miles . Its source is in the Abakan mountains , and it flows northward through the Kuznetsk Basin...
, a tributary of Russia's Ob River - Tom RiverTom River (Amur Oblast)Tom is a river in Russia, the left tributary of the river Zeya. Its length is 433 km. Its source is near the border between Amur Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai. It flows into the Zeya between Svobodny and Blagoveshchensk. The city of Belogorsk lies on the Tom River....
, a tributary of Russia's Zeya River - A male catCatThe cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felids and felines, is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests...
- A male turkeyTurkey (bird)A turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris. One species, Meleagris gallopavo, commonly known as the Wild Turkey, is native to the forests of North America. The domestic turkey is a descendant of this species...
Acronyms
- Text Object ModelText Object ModelThe Text Object Model is a Microsoft Windows API that provides developers with object-based rich text manipulation interfaces. It is implemented through COM, and can be accessed through Microsoft Word or additionally through the RichEdit controls that normally ship with Windows.-History:When TOM...
, a Microsoft Windows programming interface - Theory of mindTheory of mindTheory of mind is the ability to attribute mental states—beliefs, intents, desires, pretending, knowledge, etc.—to oneself and others and to understand that others have beliefs, desires and intentions that are different from one's own...
, the ability to attribute mental states to oneself and others and to understand that others have states that are different from one's own - Translocase of the outer membraneTranslocase of the outer membraneThe translocase of the outer membrane is a complex of proteins found in the outer mitochondrial membrane of the mitochondria. Its function is to allow movement of proteins through this barrier and into the intermembrane space of the mitochondrion. Most of the proteins needed for mitochondrial...
, a protein for intracellular protein-equilibrium - Tune-o-maticTune-o-maticTune-o-matic is a name of fixed bridge design for electric guitars. It was designed by Ted McCarty and introduced in the Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar in 1954. In 1955, it was used on the Gibson Les Paul Gold Top...
, a guitar bridge design or overseas territory - ThomsonflyThomsonflyThomsonfly was a British airline, previously known as Britannia and a business within TUI UK prior to September 2007. Following TUI UK merging with First Choice Holidays in September 2007 it became part of TUI Travel PLC...
's ICAO code
Other uses
- Tom (pattern matching language)Tom (pattern matching language)Tom is a programming language particularly well-suited for programming various transformations on tree structures and XML based documents. Tom is a language extension which adds new matching primitives to C and Java as well as support for rewrite rules systems...
, a programming language - Tom (Tv series)Tom (TV series)Tom is an American sitcom which premiered in mid-season 1994 on CBS. Tom was cancelled after eleven episodes.-Cast:*Tom Arnold as Tom Graham*Alison LaPlaca as Dorothy Graham*Jason Marsden as Mike Graham*Andrew Lawrence as Donnie Graham...
, a 1994 American sitcom - Tom (instrument)Tom (instrument)The tom is a plucked lamellophone used in the traditional music of the Nuer and Anuak ethnic groups of western Ethiopia.The instrument was also used in some pieces performed by Orchestra Ethiopia in the 1960s....
, a plucked lamellophone used in Ethiopia - Tom, a 1970 album by Tom JonesTom Jones (singer)Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records...
- Tom-tom drumTom-tom drumA tom-tom drum is a cylindrical drum with no snare.Although "tom-tom" is the British term for a child's toy drum, the name came originally from the Anglo-Indian and Sinhala; the tom-tom itself comes from Asian or Native American cultures...
, a type of drum - TOM GroupTOM GroupTOM Group Limited is a Chinese-language media company in the Greater China region, with business interests across markets in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong...
, a Chinese media company - TOM OnlineTOM OnlineTOM Online is a mobile Internet company in China, operating the popular Chinese-language Internet portal and offering a variety of online and mobile services, including wireless internet and online advertising. The TOM Group is the majority shareholder...
, a Chinese mobile internet company
See also
- Tommy (disambiguation)
- Thomas (disambiguation)
- TomásTomásTomás is a Spanish, Portuguese and Gaelic given name or, occasionally, surname, equivalent of Thomas...
- Mount Tom (disambiguation)Mount Tom (disambiguation)Mount Tom may refer to any of 42 mountains in the United States, including:* Mount Tom , a peak in the Sierra Nevada* Mount Tom , a small mountain in Mount Tom State Park...
- Peeping Tom (disambiguation)
- Tom Thumb (disambiguation)Tom Thumb (disambiguation)Tom Thumb is a diminutive hero of English folklore.Tom Thumb may also refer to:In entertainment:* Tom Thumb , a 1730 play by Henry Fielding* Tom Thumb , the codename of two Marvel Comics superheroes...