Charm

Charm, charms, charmed or charming may refer to:

Magic and superstition

• A spell (paranormal) or incantation
• any "lucky charm" such as:
  • amulets
  • charm bracelets
  • touch pieces
  • painted pebbles,
  • Italian charm bracelet
• Similar to blessing, the infusion of something with holiness, divine will, or one's hopes
• Snake charming, a performance involving the control of snakes
• Charm, a magical spell frequently found in role-playing games that allows the spellcaster to take control of another being

Personality traits

• Charm or charisma, a number of socially desirable characteristics such as courtesy, wit and sexiness
  • Charm offensive
  • Superficial charm

Music and Entertainment

• Charmed, a Norwegian music group
• Charm, an album by American producer and rapper Danny!
• "Charms", a song by Canadian band The Philosopher Kings from the 1996 album The Philosopher Kings
• Otis Williams and the Charms, an American doo-wop group
• Charmed, a television show about witches

Literature

• Prince Charming, a stock character in fairy tales, due to Andrew Lang (1889), mostly used ironically (after Oscar Wilde, 1890)
• Charms, a pseudonymous spelling of Russian poet Daniil Kharms
• Charming (Sons of Anarchy)

Physics

• Charm quark, a subatomic particle
• Charm (quantum number), the "flavor" of that particle
• CHARMM, Chemistry at HARvard Macromolecular Mechanics

Computers and technology

• Charm++, a C++ based parallel programming language
• Charm, a block structured programming language
• Mobile phone charms, light-up keychain devices which indicate incoming calls or messages

Brands and products

• Charms, a brand of candy produced by Tootsie Roll Industries
• Lucky Charms, a brand of breakfast cereal
• Charm, in Quantitative Finance, a second order derivative of an option pricing function versus the underlying spot price and time
• BlackBerry Charm, the first Blackberry to use SureType technology

See also

• Charmer, a practitioner of folk magic