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Tom (
Morse Code : — — — — — —) is an abbreviated version of the given nameThomas orTomas . It can also stand as a given name alone. In Hebrew, however, "Tom" means "innocence", so in some cases Tom can be a female name as well.Tom or TOM may also refer to:
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Tom Sawyer
*Tom Collins , an alcoholic cocktail made with gin, Lime Cordial, and 7-Up
*Tom (instrument) , an mbira-like musical instrument of Ethiopia
*Tan (surname) , a Chinese surname sometimes spelled Tom
*Theory of mind (often abbreviated as ToM)
*Tomboy , a female who behaves according to the gender role of a boy
*Thomsonfly , from its ICAO airline code
*Tom-tom drum , a type of drum
*TomTom (company) , a GPS navigation software and equipment manufacturer
*Tournament of Minds , an annual children's competition held in Australia
*Tune-o-matic , a guitar bridge
*Uncle Tom , a character from the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin "
*Cockney rhyming slang for "jewelry", from "tomfoolery"
*Tom Cat the cat in the MGM cartoon series "Tom and Jerry "
* Half of the unrelated 1930s Van Beuren Studios cartoon duoTom and Jerry (Van Beuren)
* Toonami Operations Module, the robotic host of Cartoon Network's Toonami block; see Toonami glossary
* Transmitter outer membrane, a channel involved in protein transport in mitochondria; seeMitochondrial membrane transport protein
*TOM Group , media company in the Greater China region
*TOM Online , a mobile internet company in Hong Kong
*Text Object Model , a Microsoft Windows Rich Text Manipulation Application Programming Interface
* TOM earlymicrofiche display
* Two rivers in Russia
**Tom River in the Ob basin
**Tom River (Amur Oblast) in the Amur basin
*Tomcat , a male cat
*Target Operating Model *
Tom Bombadil , a mysterious figure in J.R.R.Tolkien's legendariumFamous Toms
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Thomas the Apostle a.k.a. Saint Thomas, an early Jewish follower ofJesus
*Thomas Aquinas , ItalianCatholic theologian of the Dominican order
*Tom Anderson (MySpace) , AmericanMySpace co-creator and default friend known "Tom"
*Tom Baker , the Fourth Doctor
*Tom Brokaw , American anchor forNBC (National Broadcasting Company)
*Tom Clancy , American novelist
*Tom Cruise , American film actor born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
*Thomas Edison , American inventor
*T.S. Eliot , author/novelist (Thomas Stearns Eliot)
*Tom Hanks , American film actor
*Thomas Hardy , British novelist of theVictorian era
*Tommy Hilfiger , American clothes designer
*Thomas Jefferson , author of America'sDeclaration of Independence and the thirdPresident of the United States
* Tom Jones, Welshcrooner born Thomas John Woodward
*Tom Kaulitz , guitarist of bandTokio Hotel
*Tommy Lee Jones , American film actor
*Tom Mix , Americancowboy actor
*Tom Morello , American guitarist from the bands "Rage Against the Machine " and "Audioslave "
*Thomas Pynchon , American author/novelist
*Tommy Tune , Americancabaret entertainer
*Tom Verlaine , American guitarist for the punk band Television born Thomas Miller
*Woodrow Wilson , the 28th President of the United States, whose first name is ThomasSee also
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Peeping Tom
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