DEM (disambiguation)

DEM or Dem may refer to:

Chemistry

• Diethyl malonate, the diethyl ester of malonic acid

Codes

• DEM, the ISO 4217 code for Deutsche Mark, the former currency of Germany

Computing

• Digital elevation model, a digital representation of ground surface topography or terrain
  • .dem, a common extension for USGS DEM files
• Diffuse element method, a numerical simulation method used e.g. to solve partial differential equations
• Discrete element method or discrete element modeling, a family of numerical methods for computing the motion of a large number of small particles (like molecules or grains of sand)

Organisations

• Department of Environmental Management, a name of various government entities
• Democrats (Brazil), political party

Slang

• Dem, slang for “democrat”
• Dem, a vernacular for “them” used by Nigerians, Jamaicans and others
• Dem, slang for “those”

Miscellaneous

• Deus ex machina (Latin; literally “a god from a machine”), a resolution to a story that does not pay due regard to the story's internal logic and that is so unlikely that it challenges suspension of disbelief, and presumably allows the author, director, or developer to end the story in the way that he or she desired
• Dynamic element matching, a technique used in integrated circuits design to compensate for components mismatch
• Lake Dem in Burkina Faso

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