What is "conn"

Conn \Conn\ (k[o^]n), v. t. See Con, to direct a ship.

n. The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb ''to have'' or '' to take'' and accompanied by the article "the." vb. (context transitive English) To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.

v. conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane

Conn is a masculine English- and Irish-language given name, as well as an English-language surname. The origin of the given name is uncertain. It may be related to the Old Irish cond ("intellect" or "mind"), or perhaps to the Old Irish cenn ("head", "chief"). The latter word-origin may have resulted from a popular, but incorrect etymology, applied to the Old Irish terms Leth Cuinn and Dál Cuinn; these terms originally meant "half of the chief" and "tribe of the chief" but were mistakenly regarded to mean "half of Conn" and "tribe of Conn". In some cases the given name is as a short form of non Irish-language names that begin with the first syllable Con- (such as the names Conor and Connor).

Conn may refer to:

• Conn (name), a family name and a masculine given name
• Conn (nautical), the duty of giving directions for movement from the deck of a ship to the helm
• Conn of the Hundred Battles, a figure from Irish mythology
• C.G. Conn, Inc., a manufacturer of musical instruments
• Conn, Louisiana, United States
• Conn, Mississippi, United States
• Conn, Ontario, Canada
• Connecticut, United States
  • Connecticut College, a liberal arts college in New London, Connecticut, USA
• CONN (functional connectivity toolbox), a cross-platform imaging software program

The conn, also spelled cun, conne, cond, conde, and cund, is the act of controlling a ship's movements while at sea. The following quote summarizes the use of the term: Within the U.S. Navy, the captain of a vessel typically selects a junior officer to perform the role of conning for him or her. Such an individual has the title of "officer of the deck" (abbreviated OOD) or "the conning officer" while on duty, and he or she will stand watches at four-hour intervals carrying out the captain's commands. However, the captain can immediately take the conn by simply issuing an order to the helm. On navy ships, neither the ship's navigator nor the ship's pilot is usually the conning officer, whereas on merchant ships the conning officer may be the captain, the pilot, or another warrant officer. The officer of the deck may give the conn to a junior officer for training purposes, in which case the officer of the deck and the conning officer may not be the same individual (the officer who has the deck retains responsibility for the ship's safe passage; the conning officer only has responsibility for giving the helm instructions on direction and thrust of the ship's engines).

It is from this term that the concept of a conning tower, an elevated platform from which a conning officer can view all aspects of a ship's movement, is derived.

Although the origin of the term is not entirely clear, it appears that "conn" is a shortened form of "conduct"; the term is also frequently used as a transitive verb, i.e., to conn (therefore conduct) a ship.

CONN is a Matlab-based cross-platform imaging software for the computation, display, and analysis of functional connectivity in fMRI ( functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) in the resting state and during task.

CONN is available as a SPM toolbox and it is freely available for non-commercial use.