Nimbus

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Nimbus may mean:

• Halo (optical phenomenon), light or mist around an object
• Halo (religious iconography), the disk or ring around the head of a sacred figure
• Nimbus cloud

[edit] In science & engineering

• Bristol Siddeley Nimbus a turboshaft engine for helicopters
• The Nimbus series of sailplanes built by Schempp-Hirth
• The name of a British Railways Type 55 Deltic Class Co-Co diesel-electric locomotive, numbered D9020 (later 55020)
• Nimbus (motorcycle)
• Nimbus program, spacecraft used for weather research
• Nimbus (cipher), an encryption algorithm
• Nimbus (computer), a computer manufactured by Research Machines, based on the Intel 80186 CPU, and with some level of IBM PC compatibility
• Nimbus (boat), Swedish boat-manufacturer located in Gothenburg. www.nimbus.se
• Nimbus (look and feel), a cross-platform look and feel being developed by Sun Microsystems

[edit] In culture

• Nimbus, a hardcore rock band located in Alabama
• Nimbus Records, a compact disc company that featured both modern classical recordings and a section called Prima Voce, which was devoted to historical recordings of classical music.
• Nimbus Brewing Company, a microbrewery in Tucson, Arizona

[edit] In fiction

• The Flying Nimbus cloud from the Dragon Ball Series.
• Nimbus The name of the spaceship commanded by Zapp Brannigan on the futuristic animated series Futurama
• Nimbus, fictional broomsticks from the Harry Potter series