Nimbus, from the Latin for "dark cloud", is an outdated term for the type of cloud now classified as the nimbostratus cloud. Nimbus also may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Halo (religious iconography) A halo (from the Greek , ; also known as a nimbus, aureole, glory, or gloriole) is a crown of light rays, circle or disk of light that surrounds a person in art. It has been used in the iconography of many religions to indicate holy or sacre ...

, also known as ''Nimbus'', a ring of light surrounding a person in a piece of art * ''Nimbus'' (literary magazine), published in London (1951–58) *

Nimbus 2000 Quidditch is a fictional sport invented by author J.K. Rowling for her fantasy book series ''Harry Potter''. It first appeared in the novel ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (1997). It is a dangerous but popular sport played by witc ...

, a flying broom from the ''Harry Potter'' series * ''Nimbus'', a spaceship captained by

Zapp Brannigan This article lists the many characters of ''Futurama,'' an American Cartoon series, animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the a ...

in the animated series ''Futurama'' * Nimbus III, a planet in the movie '' Star Trek V: The Final Frontier'' * Nimbus, a character in the video game ''

Tornado Outbreak __NOTOC__ A tornado outbreak is the occurrence of multiple tornadoes spawned by the same synoptic scale weather system. The number of tornadoes required to qualify as an outbreak typically are at least six to ten, with at least two rotational l ...

'' * Nimbus, a type of guided missile in the video game '' Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation'' * Nimbus, a flying cloud from the ''

Dragon Ball is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The Dragon Ball (manga), initial manga, written and illustrated by Toriyama, was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1984 to 1995, with the 519 individual chapters colle ...

'' series * Mr. Nimbus, Rick's arch-nemesis in the series ''

Rick and Morty {{Infobox television , image = Rick and Morty title card (cropped).png , alt = , caption = , genre = {{Plainlist, * Animated sitcom * Adult animation * Science fiction * Black comedy * ...

'' *"Nimbus", a song by 808 State featured on their 1992 single "Timebomb" and also featured on their 1993 album ''

Gorgeous Gorgeous may refer to: Animals *Gorgeous barb, a species of cyprinid fish native to Africa *Gorgeous bushshrike, a bird in the family Malaconotidae *Gorgeous prawn goby, a species of goby native to tropical reefs of the Indian Ocean to the weste ...

Business

Nimbus Communications Limited Nimbus Communications Limited was an Indian media and entertainment company, and sports broadcaster, known for its Neo Prime and Neo Sports channels. It has integrated, end-to-end media services focusing on Sports broadcasting, marketing, and f ...

, an Indian media and entertainment company and sports broadcaster *

Nimbus Data Nimbus Data is an American computer data storage software and systems company. Company Nimbus Data develops flash memory solutions.Kerekes, Zsolt"Nimbus Data Systems" 21 November 2012. Retrieved on 28 November 2012. Customers include eBay, Walt ...

, a flash memory-based storage systems company in San Francisco, California * Nimbus Film, Denmark 's third largest film production company *

Nimbus Publishing Nimbus Publishing is a publishing company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The company specializes in subjects relevant to the Atlantic Provinces. Until 2016, the company published an average of 35 to 40 new titles a year, but expanded its outpu ...

, a Canadian company * Nimbus Records, a British company specializing in classical music recordings * Nimbus School of Recording Arts, a private educational institute in Vancouver, Canada *

Nimsoft Nimsoft was an independent company software vendor that offered information technology (IT) monitoring and service desk products and services. It was acquired by CA Inc. in 2010, and since October 2012 its products were integrated into that busi ...

, originally Nimbus Software, a software vendor established in Oslo, Norway, later acquired by CA Inc. *

Nimbus Rooftop Bar Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, maki ...

, a bar in Bendigo, Australia

Places

Nimbus Hills Nimbus Hills () is a rugged line of hills and peaks about 14 nautical miles (26 km) long, forming the southeast part of Pioneer Heights in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground su ...

, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica * Nimbus Dam, on the American River near Folsom, California

Science and computing

* Halo (optical phenomenon), also known as nimbus, produced by ice crystals in the sky * Nimbus program, satellites for meteorological research *

RM Nimbus RM Nimbus was a range of personal computers from British company Research Machines (now RM Education) sold from 1985 until the early 1990s, after which the designation ''Nimbus'' was discontinued. The first of these computers, the RM Nimbus PC-1 ...

, a 1980s British microcomputer *

Nimbus (cipher) In cryptography, Nimbus is a block cipher invented by Alexis Machado in 2000. It was submitted to the NESSIE project, but was not selected. The algorithm uses a 128-bit key. It operates on blocks of 64 bits and consists of 5 rounds of encryptio ...

, an encryption algorithm * Nimbus (cloud computing), an open-source software toolkit for running an infrastructure as a service *

Nimbus Mono Nimbus Mono is a monospaced typeface created by URW Studio in 1984, and eventually released under the GPL and AFPL (as Type 1 font for Ghostscript) in 1996 and LPPL in 2009. In 2017, the font, alongside other Core 35 fonts, has been additionally ...

, a monospaced typeface created by URW++ *

Nimbus Note Nimbus Note is a note-taking app designed by Nimbus Web company based in Cleveland, Ohio. The app is cross-platform, for Android, iOS, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. Technical overview The app allows users to create notes with document or p ...

, a cross-platform note-taking app created by Nimbus Web Inc * Nimbus Sans, a sans-serif typeface created by URW++ *

Nimbus Roman Nimbus Roman is a serif typeface created by URW Studio in 1982. Nimbus Roman No. 9 L is a serif typeface created by URW Studio in 1987, and eventually released under the GPL and AFPL (as Type 1 font for Ghostscript) in 1996 and LPPL in ...

, a serif typeface created by URW++

Transportation

Nimbus 42 The Nimbus 42 is a Swedish sailboat that was designed by Americans F. Michael Kaufman and Robert Ladd as a cruiser- racer and first built in 1981.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 362- ...

, a Swedish sailboat design * Nimbus (motorcycle), a Danish produced motorcycle manufactured in 1919–1928 and 1934–1960 * Mitsubishi Nimbus, one name for the Mitsubishi Chariot automobile * Schempp-Hirth HS-3 Nimbus, a family of high-performance, open-class sailplanes *

Mitchell Nimbus The Mitchell Nimbus is a series of American, single-seat, high-wing gliders that was designed by Don Mitchell in the 1950s. Mitchell is also well known for his ultralight Mitchell Wing A-10 and U-2 designs.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Direct ...

, a series of American gliders *

Short Nimbus The Short Nimbus was a British two-seat glider trainer designed in 1947 by members of the Short Brothers design office, who had recently formed the Rochester Gliding Club. The company supported this venture by providing drawing-office and works ...

, a British two-seat glider trainer designed in 1947 *

Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-7 Nimbus The Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-7 Nimbus is a Standard class glider designed and built in Germany in the 1960s. It was one of a series of mixed glass fibre and wood designs from the students of Akaflieg Braunschweig. Design and development The Ak ...

, a German glider of the 1960s * Bristol Siddeley Nimbus, later Rolls-Royce Nimbus, a British turboshaft engine used in helicopters *

ADC Nimbus The ADC Nimbus was a British inline aero engine that first ran in 1926. The Nimbus was developed from the Siddeley Puma aero engine by Frank Halford of the Aircraft Disposal Company, the goal was to develop the Puma to produce its intended po ...

, a British inline aero engine that first ran in 1926 *

Albion Nimbus The Albion Nimbus was an underfloor-engined, ultra-lightweight (dry weight 2.4 tonne) midibus or coach chassis, with a four-cylinder horizontal diesel engine and a gross vehicle weight of six tons. It was largely operated on light rural bus duti ...

, an ultra-lightweight midibus or coach chassis *

Caetano Nimbus The Caetano Nimbus was a low-entry single-decker bus body built by Salvador Caetano in Waterlooville, England between 1999 and 2007. It was constructed exclusively on the Dennis Dart SLF as a replacement for the Caetano Compass. MyBus (49) ...

, a bus body produced in England between 1999 and 2007 *

Wright Nimbus Wrightbus is a Northern Ireland based bus manufacturer and a pioneer of the low-floor bus. The company was established in 1946 by Robert Wright and was later run by his son William Wright, until it was acquired in 2019 by British businessman ...

, a minibus body

Other uses

Nimbus (horse) Nimbus is the name given to seven different Thoroughbred racehorses Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for compe ...

, multiple horses with this name *

Nimbus (technical festival) National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (NIT Hamirpur or NITH) is a Public university, public technical university located in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India. It is one of the thirty one List of National Institut ...

, an Indian student technical festival *

Nimbus (beetle) ''Nimbus'' is a genus of scarab, stag and bess beetles in the subfamily Aphodiinae. There are about 13 described species in ''Nimbus''. Species * ''Nimbus affinis'' (Panzer, 1823) * ''Nimbus anyerae'' (Ruiz, 1998) * ''Nimbus cartalinius'' (Olsouf ...

, a genus of beetles in the family aphodiidae {{Disambiguation