Hermes (disambiguation)

Hermes is the divine messenger of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology.

Hermes can also refer to:

Philosophy

Business

Shipping and aviation

Financial

Fashion, music and literature

  • Hermès, a Paris-based high-fashion luxury-goods manufacturer founded in 1837
  • Hermes Press, an American publisher of art books and comic books, founded in 2001
  • Hermes (publication), an annual literary journal at the University of Sydney published since 1866
  • Hermes Records, an Iranian record label founded in 1999

Science and technology

Aerospace

Astronomy

Computing

  • HERMES-A/MINOTAUR, also known as Project HERMES, the first internet-to-orbit gateway
  • Hermes (BBS), a Macintosh-based bulletin board system that was similar to MS-DOS-based WWIV
  • Hermes (programming language), a distributed programming language developed at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center from 1986 through 1992
  • Hermes Project, a C++/Python library comprising algorithms for rapid prototyping of adaptive higher-order modular finite element system solvers
  • Hopkins Electronic Resources ManagEment System, an electronic resource management system at Johns Hopkins University
  • Hermes, a converter for mass spectrometry data formats
  • Hermes, codename of the ORiNOCO family of wireless networking technology by Proxim Wireless

Other

Military

Transportation

  • Handley Page Hermes, a 1950s British four-engined transport aircraft
  • Cirrus Hermes, a British aero engine of the 1930s
  • MV Hermes, a cargo ship launched in 1945, completed in 1949 as Empire Dove

Sports

People

Fictional characters

  • Hermes (Harry Potter), Percy Weasley's owl in the Harry Potter series
  • Hermes (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
  • Hermes Conrad, in the animated television series Futurama
  • Hermes, a talking motorcycle in the anime Kino's Journey

Other uses

  • Hermes (sculpture), a sculpture by an unknown artist in the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Hermes, Oise, a commune in the Oise département of northern France
  • HERMES method, a general project management method developed by the Swiss government
  • Hermes & Renato, a Brazilian comedy troupe established in 1999

See also

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