Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Adam \Ad"am\, n.
   1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the
      progenitor of the human race.

   2. (As a symbol) ``Original sin;'' human frailty.

            And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak.

   {Adam's ale}, water. [Coll.]

   {Adam's apple}.

   1. (Bot.)
      (a) A species of banana ({Musa paradisiaca}). It attains a
          height of twenty feet or more. --Paxton.
      (b) A species of lime ({Citris limetta}).

   2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the
      neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so
      called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden
      fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first
      parent.

   {Adam's flannel} (Bot.), the mullein ({Verbascum thapsus}).
      

   {Adam's needle} (Bot.), the popular name of a genus ({Yucca})
      of liliaceous plants.

Source : WordNet®

Adam
     n 1: (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man
          and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human
          race
     2: Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in
        England and Scotland (1728-1792) [syn: {Robert Adam}]
     3: street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine [syn: {ecstasy},
         {XTC}, {go}, {disco biscuit}, {cristal}, {X}, {hug drug}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

ADAM
     
        {A Data Management system}