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Tom can be an abbreviated version of the given name Thomas. Other meanings are listed below.
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Fictional characters named Tom
- The cat in the MGM cat-and-mouse cartoon series Tom and Jerry
- Tom Bombadil, a character from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
- One-half of the (unrelated) 1930s Van Beuren Studios cartoon duo Tom and Jerry
- Uncle Tom, a character from the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Tom Thumb, figure in English folklore
- Tom, the robotic host of Cartoon Network's cartoon block Toonami.
- Tom Y. Bourega, a teenage boy in the novel 'All Is True'.
- Tom Scavo, a character in the TV series Desperate Housewives
Geography
- Tom River in eastern Russia, tributary to the Ob River.
- Tom River, Amur Oblast in far eastern Russia, tributary to the Zeya River.
- Tom, codename for a tunnel in Stalag Luft III
- TOM may be an abbreviation for:
- * Territoires d'outre-mer, the French Overseas Territories
- * The Slovenian term Temeljna obrestna mera
Miscellaneous
- Tom or tomcat, a male cat
- Traditional cat name
- Tom, used as an alternative word for turkey, prostitute, or (in Tudor English slang) lunatic.
- Tom-tom, a type of drum
- TomTom, a company that manufactures GPS navigation software and equipment
- Uncle Tom, African-American slang for an obsequious, servile, or witless person
- MySpace Tom, founder and creator of MySpace
- TOM Online, a mobile Internet company in China
Other uses of TOM as an abbreviation
- Theory of mind
- TOM computer language
- Toonami Operations Module, the robotic host of Cartoon Network's Toonami block
- Tournament of Minds, an annual children's competition held in Australia
- The Taxation Operations Manual used by the Canada Revenue Agency.
- Tune-o-matic, a guitar bridge
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