OM
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Om, often Aum, is a sacred syllable of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. Om is reputed to be the resonant vibrational tone of the non-dualistic universe as a whole. In Buddhism, Om corresponds to the crown chakra and white light.

It can also mean:

• Omu Peak (2507 m) in the Bucegi Mountains.
• Om River, a river in Russia
• Olympus OM system, is a family of Olympus SLR cameras made between 1972 and 2002.
• Ohm (unit), a unit of electrical resistance.
• Georg Ohm, a German physicist.
• Oman, ISO 3166 country code OM
• MIAT-Mongolian Airlines IATA code
• OM AB, the name of a Swedish exchange which merged with Finnish HEX plc to become OMX

Music

• Om (band), a stoner metal band
• Om (John Coltrane album), a 1965 John Coltrane album
• OM (album), Negură Bunget album released in 2006.
• or 3, a Soulfly album. (often referred to as 3)
• OM Festival, Canadian electronic music festival
• Om Records, a San Francisco-based dance music record label, home to artist like J Boogie, Kaskade, and King Kooba
• A 1969 song by The Moody Blues released in the album "In Search of the Lost Chord"

Fiction

• OM, a 2003 film featuring Attin Bhalla as Om.
• The Great God Om, a fictional deity in the Discworld universe.
• Om, a character from the Air Gear manga.
• Shahrukh Khan's name from the 2007 movie Om Shanti Om

As an abbreviation, OM can mean:

• Odyssey of the Mind, an international problem-solving competition for students all over the world
• Otitis media, an infection of the middle ear
• Organic matter
• Operation Mobilisation, a Christian non-profit missions organization
• Operation Mindfuck, a very important practice within Discordianism
• Order of Merit, post-nominal letters indicating membership in a high award from the British Monarch
• Olympique de Marseille, a French football club
• Operating margin
• Officine Meccaniche, a defunct Italian car and truck company
• Order of Manitoba (Canadian decoration postnominal letters)
• Old Man (meaning a male amateur radio operator)
• Openmoko Linux, a mobile operating system developped by the Openmoko project
• Osteomyelitis, a bone marrow infection

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