VM
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VM may stand for:
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In business
- VM MotoriVM MotoriVM Motori S.p.A. is a diesel engine manufacturing company in Cento, Italy, in Emilia-Romagna, an Italian region which is also home to Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and Ducati.- History :...
, a diesel engine manufacturer - Vauxhall MotorsVauxhall MotorsVauxhall Motors is a British automotive company owned by General Motors and headquartered in Luton. It was founded in 1857 as a pump and marine engine manufacturer, began manufacturing cars in 1903 and was acquired by GM in 1925. It has been the second-largest selling car brand in the UK for...
, a British car maker - Viaggio AirViaggio AirViaggio Air was a private airline based and registered in Sofia, Bulgaria in September 2002.- History :It started operations with an ATR 42 aircraft on 27 February 2003. It firstly started operating flights to Vienna and Istanbul and had plans to operate to Kiev and Athens...
(IATA airline designator: VM) - Virgin MediaVirgin MediaVirgin Media Inc. is a company which provides fixed and mobile telephone, television and broadband internet services to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom...
, a cable provider in the United Kingdom - Virgin MobileVirgin MobileVirgin Mobile is a brand used by many mobile phone service providers across the globe; its headquarters are based in the United Kingdom. Virgin Mobile has local operations in Australia, Canada, France, India, South Africa, Greece, United Kingdom and the United States. It briefly also had operations...
, a mobile phone service - Voice of MusicVoice of MusicVoice Of Music was the premier brand of V-M Corporation, an American audio equipment manufacturing company .-History:...
(V-M), an audio equipment manufacturer
In computing
- VM (operating system)VM (operating system)VM refers to a family of IBM virtual machine operating systems used on IBM mainframes System/370, System/390, zSeries, System z and compatible systems, including the Hercules emulator for personal computers. The first version, released in 1972, was VM/370, or officially Virtual Machine Facility/370...
, IBM's virtual machine operating system - Virtual machineVirtual machineA virtual machine is a "completely isolated guest operating system installation within a normal host operating system". Modern virtual machines are implemented with either software emulation or hardware virtualization or both together.-VM Definitions:A virtual machine is a software...
- Virtual memoryVirtual memoryIn computing, virtual memory is a memory management technique developed for multitasking kernels. This technique virtualizes a computer architecture's various forms of computer data storage , allowing a program to be designed as though there is only one kind of memory, "virtual" memory, which...
- An email reader for EmacsEmacsEmacs is a class of text editors, usually characterized by their extensibility. GNU Emacs has over 1,000 commands. It also allows the user to combine these commands into macros to automate work.Development began in the mid-1970s and continues actively...
- An extension for Apache Velocity files
In science
- Ventromedial prefrontal cortexVentromedial prefrontal cortexThe ventromedial prefrontal cortex is a part of the prefrontal cortex in the mammalian brain. The ventral medial prefrontal is located in the frontal lobe and is implicated in the processing of risk, fear, and in decision making.- Anatomy :...
- Variola majorSmallpoxSmallpox was an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The disease is also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera, which is a derivative of the Latin varius, meaning "spotted", or varus, meaning "pimple"...
, smallpox - Membrane potentialMembrane potentialMembrane potential is the difference in electrical potential between the interior and exterior of a biological cell. All animal cells are surrounded by a plasma membrane composed of a lipid bilayer with a variety of types of proteins embedded in it...
In medicine
- Vascular malformationVascular malformationVascular malformation is a term used to refer to blood vessel abnormalities. Vascular malformations and vascular tumors both belong to vascular anomaliesThere are many types, but the most common is arteriovenous malformation....
Other
- VM (nerve agent)VM (nerve agent)VM is a "V-series" nerve agent closely related to the better-known VX nerve agent.Like most of the agents in the V-series , VM has not been extensively studied outside of military science...
, a chemical weapon agent - VoicemailVoicemailVoicemail is a computer based system that allows users and subscribers to exchange personal voice messages; to select and deliver voice information; and to process transactions relating to individuals, organizations, products and services, using an ordinary telephone...
- Voynich manuscriptVoynich manuscriptThe Voynich manuscript, described as "the world's most mysterious manuscript", is a work which dates to the early 15th century, possibly from northern Italy. It is named after the book dealer Wilfrid Voynich, who purchased it in 1912....
- Fixed wing aircraft in the United States Marine Corps
- Vasthy MompointVasthy MompointVasthy E. Mompoint is an American voice and musical actress. She completed her television voice acting role as Layla on the 4Kids Entertainment edit of Winx Club on September 29, 2007....
, a Broadway actress - Väike-MaarjaVäike-MaarjaVäike-Maarja is a small borough in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Väike-Maarja Parish.-Notable people:*Aile Asszonyi , opera singer*Eda-Ines Etti , singer*Vello Jürna , opera singer...
, Estonia - Veronica MarsVeronica MarsVeronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network UPN's final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros...
, a TV series - VietnamVietnamVietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
(FIPS 10-4 and NATO obsolete country code VM) - Virtuti MilitariVirtuti MilitariThe Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war...
, a Polish military award