What is "holmes"

Holmes \Holmes\ n. Sherlock Holmes, a fictitious detective in novels by A. Conan Doyle.

Syn: Sherlock Holmes.

Etymology 1 n. (context slang English) An informal address, like man or dude. Etymology 2

n. (plural of holme English)

Holmes is an English-language surname with several origins.

The name can be a variant of the surname Holme. This surname has several etymological origins: it can be derived from a name for someone who lived next to a holly tree, from the Middle English holm; it can also be derived from the Old English holm and Old Norse holmr. Another origin of Holmes is from a placename near Dundonald, or else a place located in the barony of Inchestuir. The surname is also sometimes an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Mac Thomáis; similarly, Holmes can also be a variant of Cavish, derived as an Anglicised form of Mac Thámhais.

Holmes was a 30-minute news and current affairs show presented by Paul Holmes on Television One in New Zealand between 1989 and 2004. The show moved to Prime in 2005 after failed contract negotiations between Paul Holmes and TVNZ, however the show's run on Prime was short lived due to low ratings.

Holmes is the given name of:

• Holmes Beckwith (1884–1921), American political scientist and professor who killed his dean and then himself
• Holmes Colbert, Native American leader of the Chickasaw Nation and writer of the Chickasaw Nation's constitution in the 1850s
• Holmes Conrad (1840–1915), American politician, lawyer and military officer
• Holmes Herbert (1882–1956), English character actor
• Holmes Osborne (born 1947), American actor
• Holmes Rolston III (born 1932), philosopher, author and professor
• Holmes Tuttle (1906–1989), American businessman and political adviser to Ronald Reagan

Holmes Crater is an impact crater in the Mare Australe quadrangle of Mars, located at 75.0°S latitude and 293.2°W longitude. It is 122.0 km in diameter and was named after Arthur Holmes, and the name was approved in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN).

Wikiholmeseast.jpg|East side of Holmes (crater), as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).

Holmes is a cognitive computing system developed by the Indian technology corporation Wipro and announced in 2016. Its name is a reference to IBM's Watson, and is a backronym for "Heuristics and Ontology-based Learning Machines and Experiential Systems".

Its uses include development of digital virtual agents, predictive systems, cognitive process automation, visual computing applications, knowledge virtualization, robotics and drones.