Charm

Charm or charms may refer to:

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

In mythology

• Prince Charming, a traditional name for a fairy tale hero
• "Lucky charms" such as amulets, touch pieces and painted pebbles
• Charm bracelet, an item of jewelry worn around the wrist that carries personal charms
  • Italian charm bracelet
• Spell (paranormal), when a charm is a spell, it is usually traditional in form and often in verse
• Similar to blessing, the infusion of something with holiness, divine will, or one's hopes
• Charmer, a practitioner of folk magic

In music

• Charmed, one of two musical groups
• Charm, an album by American producer/rapper Danny!
• "Charms", a song by Canadian band The Philosopher Kings from the 1996 album The Philosopher Kings

In physics:

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

In computer science

• Charm++, a C++ based parallel programming language
• Charm, a block structured programming language
• CHARM, Composite Holographic Associative Recall Model is a memory model using operation of convolution and correlation.
• ChARM, an Activity Management methodology and system

In paranormal magic:

• Charmed, a television show about witches
• Charms, a subject taught in Harry Potter

In literature

• Charms, a pseudonymous spelling of Russian poet Daniil Kharms

In food

• Charms, a brand of candy produced by Tootsie Roll Industries
• Lucky Charms, a brand of breakfast cereal

In finance

• Charm, in Quantitative Finance, a second order derivative of an option pricing function versus the underlying spot price and time

Other:

• 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
• Mobile phone charms, light-up keychain devices which indicate incoming calls or messages
• BlackBerry Charm, the first Blackberry to use SureType technology
• Charm, A nickname used by some people and represents how they view themselves