FM

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  FM \FM\ n. [Frequency Modulaiton.]
     A method of transmitting radio signals by modulating the
     frequency of the carrier wave; -- opposed to AM (amplitude
     modulation), in which the signal modulates the amplitude,
     rather than the frequency of the carrier wave. [acron.]
  


     Syn: frequency modulation.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fm \Fm\ prop. n.
     The chemical symbol for {Fermium}, a transuranic element.
  
     Syn: fermium, atomic number 100.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fm \Fm\ prop. n.
     the symbol for the element {Fermium}.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  FM
       n 1: modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave
            [syn: {frequency modulation}]
       2: a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by
          bombarding plutonium with neutrons [syn: {fermium}, {atomic
          number 100}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  FM
       Frequenz-Modulation
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  FM /F-M/ n. 1. [common] _Not_ `Frequency Modulation' but rather an
     abbreviation for `Fucking Manual', the back-formation from {RTFM}. Used
     to refer to the manual itself in the {RTFM}. "Have you seen the
     Networking FM lately?" 2. Abbreviation for "Fucking Magic", used in the
     sense of {black magic}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  FM
       
          1.  {Frequency Modulation}.
       
          2.  Fucking Manual, a back-formation from {RTFM}.
          Used to refer to the manual itself.
       
          3.  Fucking Magic, in the sense of {black magic}.
       
          (2001-04-30)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  fm
       
           The {country code} for the Federated States of
          Micronesia.
       
          Heavily used for {vanity domains} by FM radio stations.
       
          (1999-01-27)