DPM

DPM is an acronym that can refer to several different terms, depending on the field and country. It is not limited to a single universal meaning.

Deputy Prime Minister is a government title used in several countries to designate a senior official who acts as the deputy to the prime minister or equivalent position. The exact role and powers vary by constitution and political system.

Doctor of Podiatric Medicine is a professional doctoral degree for podiatrists in the United States. It trains physicians who specialize in the medical and surgical care of the foot, ankle, and related structures.

Dynamic Power Management refers to techniques in electronics and computing that reduce energy consumption by adjusting device power states. It is applied in processors, memory, and embedded systems to improve efficiency and battery life.

Disintegrations per minute is a unit of radioactivity used in some contexts to express the rate at which a substance decays. The modern SI unit is the becquerel, where 1 Bq equals 1 disintegration per second.

Damage Per Minute is a metric used in video games and role‑playing games to quantify average damage output per minute. It is used for performance analysis, gearing decisions, and benchmarking.

Defects per million, occasionally abbreviated DPM, appears in manufacturing and quality control as a measure of defects relative to one million opportunities. DPMO (defects per million opportunities) is a more common variant, but DPM is encountered in some contexts.