What is "simon"

masc. proper name, from Latin, from Greek Symeon, from Hebrew Shim'on, literally "hearkening, hearing," from shama "he heard." In English Old Testaments, usually printed as Simeon, but in New Testament almost always as Simon. Confused with Greek masc. proper name Simon, which is from simos "snub-nosed."

n. (context slang British dated 17th-19th C. English) sixpence coin.

Šimon ( Old Norse: Sigmundr) was a Varangian ( Viking) whose story is related in the Kievan Patericon and his story concerns the creation of the Kievan cave monastery, where he is reported to have been its most important donor.

Simon is an electronic game of memory skill invented by Ralph H. Baer and Howard J. Morrison, with software programming by Lenny Cope, The original version was manufactured and distributed by Milton Bradley but now the game is currently manufactured by Hasbro. Much of the assembly language was written by Dr. Charles Kapps, who taught computer science at Temple University and also wrote one of the first books on the theory of computer programming. Simon was launched in 1978 at Studio 54 in New York City and was an immediate success, becoming a pop culture symbol of the 1970s and 1980s.

Simon (c. 1947 – 28 November 1949) was the ship's cat who served on the Royal Navy sloop HMS Amethyst. In 1949, during the Yangtze Incident, he received the PDSA's Dickin Medal after surviving injuries from a cannon shell, raising morale, and killing off a rat infestation during his service.

Simon is a surname, and may refer to many people.

Simon is a 2004 Dutch drama film directed by Eddy Terstall. The story is about two male friends, one heterosexual and one gay. Same sex marriage and euthanasia are prominent themes of the film. The film has won four Golden Calves.

Simon is a 1980 American comedy film. It was written and directed by Marshall Brickman and stars Alan Arkin.

Simon is an album by Gruvis Malt. It was released by Integers Only, an independent self-run label managed by Gruvis Malt founder Gavin Castleton, in 2004.

Simon was a relay-based computer, described by Edmund Berkeley in a series of thirteen construction articles in Radio-Electronics magazine, from October 1950. Intended for the educational purpose of demonstrating the concept of digital computer, it could not be used for any significant practical computation given its memory was only 2-bits. In 1950, it sold for US$600. Some have described it as the "first personal computer", although its extremely limited capacity and its unsuitability for use for any purpose other than as an educational demonstration make that classification questionable.

Simon is the second EP by American indie band Dirty Little Rabbits. The EP was recorded and produced at the Sound Farm Studio & Recording Environment in Jamaica, Iowa and was scheduled for release on January 20, 2009, however it was pushed back a week and released on January 27, 2009 through The End Records. Simon was the first release by the band which will be available to a much wider range of people, whereas their first EP; Breeding was available only through select music stores in the United States.

Simon is a children's historical novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff, first published in 1953. It is set during the English Civil War, and shows the effect of the conflict on two friends, who find themselves on opposite sides. It is her fifth novel, acknowledged to be the first in which she displayed the mastery of subject and style for which she is known.

Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "He (God) has heard." Some authors consider it a classical Greek name. Commentators on the New Testament question the origin of the name, assuming that it can be either a hellenised form of the Hebrew Shim'on, or a real Greek name.

Simon is an American sitcom that aired from September 10, 1995 to February 25, 1996.

Simon is a family of lightweight block ciphers publicly released by the National Security Agency (NSA) in June 2013. Simon has been optimized for performance in hardware implementations, while its sister algorithm, Speck, has been optimized for software implementations.

K.S.Simon is an Indian film composer who has composed music for Tamil films. Making his debut with Sasi's Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu (2013), Simon won positive reviews for his soundtrack and background score.