Acme
Acme (pronounced /ˈækmiː/; from Greek :ακμή, the peak, zenith, prime) denotes the best of something.
Acme or ACME may also refer to:
Fiction and media
Acme Corporation, a fictional company in the cartoon world of Looney Tunes
ACME Detective Agency, a fictional detective agency from the Carmen Sandiego series of computer games and television shows
Acme (album), the sixth album by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Acme Novelty Library, a comics serial written and drawn by Chris Ware
Science and technology
ACME, open source development with Apache, ColdFusion, MySQL and Eclipse, coined by The ACME Guide book/PDF
Acme (ADL), an architecture description language by Carnegie Mellon University
Acme (automobile), an automobile built between 1903–1911 in Reading, Pennsylvania
Acme (computer virus), a computer virus which infects Microsoft DOS EXE files
ACME (health software) automated determination of cause of death, used by several governments for the generation of national mortality statistics
Acme (text editor) is a text editor and development environment originally for the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system
Acme thread form, a screw thread used in specialized applications such as vises and leadscrews
Companies
Air Craft Marine Engineering, an aircraft designer based in Van Nuys, California, USA during the 1950s
Acme Aircraft Corporation, an aircraft manufacturer based in Rockford, Illinois, USA during the 1920s
Acme Boots, a manufacturer of western footwear owned by Berkshire Hathaway
Acme Brick Company, a brick manufacturer that is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway
ACME Communications, a television broadcasting company, based in Santa Ana, USA
Acme Fresh Market, a chain of grocery stores in Akron, Ohio, USA
Acme-Future Security Controls, Inc, a Canadian company providing security systems, installation and monitoring services
Acme Industrial Hardware Trading L.L.C., a shelving and material handling equipment supplier in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Acme Markets, a chain of grocery stores in the northeastern United States
Acme-Nuage Systems a shelving and material handling equipment supplier in Bangalore, India
Acme Packet, a VoIP Session Border Controller manufacturer
Acme Records, an independent record label
Acme Tackle Company, a producer of fishing tackle in Providence, Rhode Island
Acme Whistles, a major producer of whistles
Places
Acme, Alberta, Canada
United States
Acme, Indiana
Acme, Louisiana
Acme Township, Michigan
Acme Township, Hettinger County, North Dakota
Acme, Pennsylvania
Acme, Washington
Acme, Chennai
Translation
The word "Acme" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, French, Galician, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Russian.
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