Usually means: Simplicity principle; fewer assumptions preferred.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. Occam: Merriam-Webster
  2. Occam: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Occam: Vocabulary.com
  4. Occam: Wordnik
  5. Occam: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. Occam: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. occam: Dictionary.com
  8. Occam (programming language), Occam: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Occam: Rhymezone
  10. occam: FreeDictionary.org
  11. occam: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. Occam: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Occam: Wiktionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. occam: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. occam: Dictionary of Programming Languages
  3. Occam (programming language), Occam: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. OCCAM: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. OCCAM: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. occam: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Occam)

noun:  Alternative form of Ockham [A rural and semirural village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0756).]

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