oom

noun1

1. •
   (South-Africa) An older man, especially an uncle. (Frequently as a respectful form of address.)

   • He raised his glass. ‘Here's to you, Oom Ben,’ he said. ‘Give them hell.’ — 1979

noun2

1. •
   An instance of an out of memory error.
2. •
   Initialism of order of magnitude.

phrase2

1. •
   Initialism of out of memory.

   • If you write infinitely recursive code, you might generate an OOM error.
2. •
   Initialism of out of mana.