SIMS

SIMS

SIMS or sims may refer to:

Last name

* Sims, a British surname
* Charles Sims (painter), British painter
* Christopher A. Sims, American economist
* George Robert Sims, British journalist and author
* Howard Sims ("Sandman" Sims), American vaudeville dancer
* J. Marion Sims, American gynaecological surgeon
* John Sims, botanist
* Michael Sims, an American non-fiction writer
* Thomas Sims, subject of a notorious American fugitive slave case
* Tom Sims, American snowboarding pioneer
* Zoot Sims, American jazz tenor saxophonist
* Molly Sims, American actress and swimsuit model
* William Sims, American admiral

Computer related

*"The Sims", a life simulation computer and video game series by designer Will Wright (see List of The Sims games)
**"The Sims", the first game in "The Sims" series
**"The Sims 2", the second game in "The Sims" series
**"The Sims 3", the third game in "The Sims" series
*Sim (Maxis Sim games), the name of the humanoid characters that populate Maxis Sim games
*Student information system, computer software for managing student records
*SIMS.net, a School Information Management System developed by Capita
*SIMS (video game company), a Japanese video game publisher and developer

Geography

* Sims, Illinois, a village in the United States
* Sims Township, Grant County, Indiana, a township in the United States
** Sims, Indiana, an unincorporated community in that township
* Sims Township, Michigan

Other

* Secondary ion mass spectrometry, an elemental surface analysis technique
* Sims Snowboards [http://simsnow.com/]
* "Sims" (novel), a book by F. Paul Wilson about genetically enhanced chimpanzees used as a labor force
* Services Institute of Medical Sciences, a medical school attached to Services Hospital in Lahore
* Subscriber Identity Module, removable smart card ICC
* Sims Group, a scrap metal collector which recently acquired Metal Management.

ee also

* Syms


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  • Sims — Sims: Sims   общепринятое сокращение (обозначение) имени ботаника, которое добавляется к научным (латинским) названиям некоторых таксонов ботанической номенклатуры и указывает на то, что автором этих наименований является Симс, Джон… …   Википедия

  • Sims — [zɪms], der und das; es, e: waagerechter, lang gestreckter [Wand]vorsprung: Häuser mit breiten Simsen; auf dem Sims über dem Kamin stand eine Nikolausfigur. Syn.: ↑ Gesims. Zus.: Fenstersims, Kaminsims. * * * Sịms 〈n. 11 oder m. 1〉 1. = Gesims 2 …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Sims — Sims, NC U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 128 Housing Units (2000): 72 Land area (2000): 0.125931 sq. miles (0.326161 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.125931 sq. miles (0.326161 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Sims, IL — U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 273 Housing Units (2000): 123 Land area (2000): 1.199943 sq. miles (3.107837 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.199943 sq. miles (3.107837 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Sims, NC — U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 128 Housing Units (2000): 72 Land area (2000): 0.125931 sq. miles (0.326161 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.125931 sq. miles (0.326161 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Sims. — Sims., bei Pflanzennamen für John Sims, geb 1792 in London, gest. daselbst 19. Juli 1838; Herausgeber des »Botanical Magazine« (Bd. 14–42) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Sims — Sims, so v.w. Gesims …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Sims — Sims, soviel wie Gesims (s. d.) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Sims — Sims, s.v.w. Gesimse (s.d., Bd. 4, S. 445) …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Sims — (Gesims), der aus der Außenwand eines Gebäudes heraustretende, wagerechte, die Bekrönung desselben bildende Teil [Abb. 1741; a Hängeplatte mit Wassernase, b Rinnleiste oder Sima] …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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