ASM

See also: asm

Translingual

Symbol

ASM

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for American Samoa.

   Synonym: AS (alpha-2)

English

Noun

ASM (countable and uncountable, plural ASMs)

1. (computer languages) Abbreviation of assembly language.
   • 1993, Javier Arevalo Baeza, “New intro from VangeliSTeam”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):

     Hi all! You have available another cool minidemo (or intro, as you prefer), with the usual ASM sources.

2. (military) Initialism of air-to-surface missile.
3. (military, sometimes proscribed) Initialism of anti-ship missile.
4. (software) Initialism of abstract state machine.
5. (theater) Initialism of assistant stage manager.
6. (electromechanics, electronics, automotive) Abbreviation of asynchronous motor.

Synonyms

• (antiship missile): AShM

Related terms

asynchronous motor

• PSM

 

Further reading

• asynchronous motor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• 'ams, -mas, A.M.s, AMS, M. A. S., M.A.S., M.A.s, MAS, MAs, MSA, Mas, S. Am., SAM, SMA, Sam, Sam., mas, sam, sma

French

Proper noun

ASM f

1. (soccer) Initialism of Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club, a soccer team from Monaco

Adjective

ASM

1. gloss (“anti-submarine warfare”) Abbreviation of Anti-Sous-Marine.