Sim
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Computing and technology
- Scientific Instrument Module, an object used in spacecraft such as in the Apollo Command/Service ModuleApollo Command/Service ModuleThe Command/Service Module was one of two spacecraft, along with the Lunar Module, used for the United States Apollo program which landed astronauts on the Moon. It was built for NASA by North American Aviation...
- Security information managementSecurity Information ManagementSecurity information management is the industry-specific term in computer security referring to the collection of data into a central repository for trend analysis...
, a concept in computer security - Selected ion monitoringSelected ion monitoringSelected ion monitoring is a mass spectrometry scanning mode in which only a limited mass-to-charge ratio range is transmitted and/or detected by the instrument, as opposed to the full spectrum range. This mode of operation typically results in significantly increased sensitivity...
, a mass spectrometry scanning mode - Space Interferometry MissionSpace Interferometry MissionThe Space Interferometry Mission, or SIM, also known as SIM Lite , was a planned space telescope developed by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration , in conjunction with contractor Northrop Grumman...
, a proposed NASA space mission - Subscriber Identity ModuleSubscriber Identity ModuleA subscriber identity module or subscriber identification module is an integrated circuit that securely stores the International Mobile Subscriber Identity and the related key used to identify and authenticate subscriber on mobile telephony devices .A SIM is held on a removable SIM card, which...
, a type of data storage for mobile devices - HP Systems Insight Manager, a system management tool
Fiction
- Sim, a character in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Similitude"
- Sim, a term for the descendants of Homo erectus in the short story collection A Different FleshA Different FleshA Different Flesh is a collection of alternate history short stories by Harry Turtledove set in a world in which Homo erectus and various megafauna survived in the Americas instead of Native Americans....
by Harry Turtledove
Organizations
- Student Information Management (SIM), a Non-profit Organisation
- Serving In MissionServing In MissionSIM is an international, interdenominational Christian mission organization. It was established in 1893 by its three founders, Walter Gowans and Rowland Bingham of Canada and Thomas Kent of the United States....
(formerly Sudan Interior Mission), a Christian mission organization - Servizio Informazioni MilitariServizio Informazioni MilitariThe Italian Military Intelligence Service was the military intelligence organization for the Royal Army of the Kingdom of Italy from 1900 until 1946, and of the Republic of Italy until 1949...
, a former Italian military intelligence organization - Singapore Institute of ManagementSingapore Institute of ManagementThe Singapore Institute of Management is Singapore's largest and most comprehensive provider of private tertiary education and professional training. It was founded by the Singapore Economic Development Board in 1964. SIM offers diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes as well as a...
- Society for Information ManagementSociety for Information ManagementThe Society for Information Management is a professional organization of over 3,500 senior IT executives, Chief Information Officers, prominent academicians, selected consultants, and other IT thought leaders built on the foundation of local chapters, who come together to share and enhance their...
- Studio for Interrelated MediaStudio for Interrelated MediaThe Studio for Interrelated Media is an academic concentration within the Multimedia and Performing Arts Department at the Massachusetts College of Art . It was founded by Harris Barron in 1969 ....
, an academic concentration at the Massachusetts College of Art
People
- Sim (Korean name)Sim (Korean name)Sim or Shim is a Korean surname. There are six Shim clans in Korea based on six different regions. such as Cheongsong, Pungsan, Samcheok, Buyu, Uiryeong, and Jeonju. The biggest Sim clan is Cheongsong; they comprise about 85% of the all those with the surname Shim. Fourteen percent of all Korean...
- Sim (actor)Sim (actor)Sim was a French humorist, writer and comedian.Born as Simon Jacques Eugène Berryer, he was part of the team of Les Grosses Têtes, a humoristic program on radio and TV...
(1926–2009), French humorist, writer and comedian - Sim Wong HooSim Wong HooSim Wong Hoo is the CEO and Chairman of Creative Technology, a designer and manufacturer of products for personal computers and personal digital entertainment devices.-Early life and career:...
(born 1955), founder of computer audio company Creative Technology - Alastair SimAlastair SimAlastair George Bell Sim, CBE was a Scottish character actor who appeared in a string of classic British films. He is best remembered in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1951 film Scrooge, and for his portrayal of Miss Fritton, the headmistress in two St. Trinian's films...
(1900–1976), Scottish character actor - Dave SimDave SimDavid Victor Sim is an award-winning Canadian comic book writer and artist.A pioneer of self-published comics and creators' rights, Sim is best known as the creator of Cerebus the Aardvark, a comic book published from 1977 to 2004, which chronicles its main character in a 6,000-page self-contained...
(born 1956), Canadian comic book author - Jon SimJon SimJonathan Sim is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for HC Slavia Praha of the Czech Extraliga...
(born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player - Sheila SimSheila SimSheila Beryl Grant Attenborough, Lady Attenborough , known professionally by her maiden name Sheila Sim, is an English film and theatre actress and the wife of actor and director Richard Attenborough.- Career :...
(born 1922), English film and theatre actress - Thomas Robertson SimThomas Robertson SimThomas Robertson Sim 25 June 1858 Northfield, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - 23 July 1938 Durban, Natal was a botanist, bryologist, botanical artist and Conservator of Forests in Natal, best known for his extremely detailed book The Forests and Forest Flora of The Colony of the Cape of Good Hope which...
(1858–1938), South African botanist - SIM, the signature used by painter Richard SimonRichard Simon (painter)Richard Simon was a German expressionist. World-famous faces may be buried in oblivion. This happened to the painter Richard Simon, pseudonym 'Simmerl', who’s portrait on the official poster of 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin was distributed all over the world.- Paintings :Expressionist motifs,...
Places
- SımSim-Computing and technology:*Scientific Instrument Module, an object used in spacecraft such as in the Apollo Command/Service Module*Security information management, a concept in computer security*Selected ion monitoring, a mass spectrometry scanning mode...
, a village and municipality in Azerbaijan - Sim, Chelyabinsk OblastSim, Chelyabinsk OblastSim is a town in Ashinsky District of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sim River, west of Chelyabinsk. Population: It was founded in 1759 as Simsky Zavod , a settlement around an ironworks. It was renamed Sim and granted town status on November 13, 1942.It is the birthplace of Igor...
, a town in Russia - Sim, Perm KraiSim, Perm KraiSim is a rural locality in Solikamsky District of Perm Krai, Russia....
, a locality in Russia - Sim RiverSim RiverSim River is a river in Chelyabinsk Oblast and the Republic of Bashkortostan in Russia. It is a tributary of the Belaya River, part of the Volga watershed. Its length is ....
, Russia
Other uses
- Sim (pencil game)Sim (pencil game)The game of Sim is played by two players on a board consisting of six dots . Each dot is connected to every other dot by a line.Two players take turns coloring any uncolored lines...
- Siberian International MarathonSiberian International MarathonSiberian International Marathon ' has been held in the city of Omsk since 1990, when the city was first opened to foreigners. The summer marathon is part of the City Days festivities. It takes place during the week of St. Ilya's Day, the patron saint of Omsk, in early August. The marathon itself...
- Senior International Master a title in chess
See also
- Sim4Sim4Sim4 is a nucleotide sequence alignment program akin to BLAST but specifically tailored to DNA to cDNA/EST alignment . It was written by Florea et al.-External links:**...
, a bioinformatics sequence alignment program - SIMMSIMMA SIMM, or single in-line memory module, is a type of memory module containing random access memory used in computers from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. It differs from a dual in-line memory module , the most predominant form of memory module today, in that the contacts on a SIMM are redundant...
, a single in-line memory module - SimmingSimmingSimming is an online text-based role-playing game that takes place in a chat room, by e-mail or on an Internet forum. Individual games, known as sims, read like a story—albeit one written by several people....
, the act of playing an online roleplaying game - Simsim (disambiguation)