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Definition and meaning of simple
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simple (adj.)
1.free from ambiguity"a straightforward set of instructions"
2.lacking embellishment or ornamentation"a plain hair style" "unembellished white walls" "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
3.having a mental age of between eight and twelve years
4.easy and not involved or complicated"an elementary problem in statistics" "elementary, my dear Watson" "a simple game" "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"
5.apart from anything else; without additions or modifications"only the bare facts" "shocked by the mere idea" "the simple passage of time was enough" "the simple truth"
6.unornamented"a simple country schoolhouse" "her black dress--simple to austerity"
7.lacking mental capacity and subtlety
8.(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
9.having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved"a simple problem" "simple mechanisms" "a simple design" "a simple substance"
10.exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity"childlike trust" "dewy-eyed innocence" "listened in round-eyed wonder"
11.marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience"a teenager's naive ignorance of life" "the naive assumption that things can only get better" "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believ..."
simple (n.)
1.a person lacking intelligence or common sense
2.any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
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Merriam Webster
SimpleSim"ple (?), a. [Compar. Simpler (?); superl. Simplest.] [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each, single. Cg. Single, a., Same, a., and for the last part of the word cf. Double, Complex.]
1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.
2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. “Simple truth.” Spenser. “His simple story.” Burns.
3. Mere; not other than; being only.
A medicine . . . whose simple touch
Is powerful to araise King Pepin. Shak.
4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.
Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them. Marston.
Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue? Byron.
To be simple is to be great. Emerson.
5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.
In simple manners all the secret lies. Young.
6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.
7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. “You have simple wits.” Shak.
The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going. Prov. xiv. 15.
8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.
Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights. Cowper.
9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished.
A simple husbandman in garments gray. Spenser.
Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire. Fuller.
10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.
11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a.
☞ A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished.
12. (Min.) Homogenous.
13. (Zoöl.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.
Simple contract (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. J. W. Smith. Chitty. -- Simple equation (Alg.), an equation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. -- Simple eye (Zoöl.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to compound eye. -- Simple interest. See under Interest. -- Simple larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. -- Simple obligation (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not depend for its execution upon any event provided for by the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of any such event. Burrill.
Syn. -- Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. -- Simple, Silly. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education.
I am a simple woman, much too weak
To oppose your cunning. Shak.
He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. Law.
SimpleSim"ple (?), n. [F. See Simple, a.]
1. Something not mixed or compounded. “Compounded of many simples.” Shak.
2. (Med.) A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
What virtue is in this remedy lies in the naked simple itself as it comes over from the Indies. Sir W. Temple.
3. (Weaving) (a) A drawloom. (b) A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
4. (R. C. Ch.) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
SimpleSim"ple, v. i. To gather simples, or medicinal plants.
As simpling on the flowery hills she [Circe] strayed. Garth.
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Synonyms
simple (adj.)
artless, asinine, bald, bare, brainless, candid, careless, childlike, clear, cushy, dense, dewy-eyed, dim-witted, dull, dumb, easy, elementary, facile, familiar, foolish, gullible, homely, humble, ingenuous, innocent, intelligible, jejune, lucid, mere, mild, modest, naif, naive, naïve, naked, natural, neat, nude, obvious, painless, plain, pure, round-eyed, shallow, sheer, silly, simple-minded, sincere, single, sober, spare, stark, straightforward, stupid, subdued, trifling, trivial, trustful, unadorned, unaffected, uncomplicated, understandable, unembellished, unmixed, unornamented, unpretentious, unproblematic, unsophisticated, unsubdivided, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unworldly, wide-eyed, cretinous (informal), dead easy (colloquial, British), moronic (informal)
simple (n.)
See also
simple (adj.)
↘ artlessly, betise, cretinism, dull, ease, easiness, facility, folly, foolishness, idiotically, imbecility, ingenuously, innocence, kid, plainly, plainness, pureness, purity, silliness, simmpleness, simple-mindedness, simpleness, simplicity, simply, sinlessness, straightforwardness, stupidity, uncomplicatedly, whiteness ↗ naively, naïvely ≠ complex, compound, sophisticated
Phrases
⇨ Acroparaesthesia simple [Schultze's type] • Epilepsy, Simple Partial • Gingivitis (chronic) simple marginal • Glaucoma, Simple • Goitre, nontoxic simple • Mastectomy, Simple • Mixed simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis • Partial Seizures, Simple, Consciousness Preserved • Seizure, Febrile, Simple • Seizures, Simple Partial, Special Sensory Symptoms • Simple Endometrial Hyperplasia • Simple Partial Seizures • Simple Partial Seizures, Special Sensory Symptoms • Simple Partial Status Epilepticus • Simple Repetitive Sequence • Simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis • Simple chronic anaemia • Simple chronic bronchitis • Simple cyst of ovary • Simple obesity NOS • Simple partial seizures developing into secondarily generalized seizures • Simple phobia • Simple schizophrenia • Simple schizophrenia | Complete remission • Simple schizophrenia | Continuous • Simple schizophrenia | Course uncertain, period of observation too short • Simple schizophrenia | Episodic remittent • Simple schizophrenia | Episodic with progressive deficit • Simple schizophrenia | Episodic with stable deficit • Simple schizophrenia | Incomplete remission • Simple schizophrenia | Other • Simple syndactyly of fingers without synostosis • Simple syndactyly of toes without synostosis • Status Epilepticus, Simple Partial • bronchitis chronic simple • chronic bronchitis simple and mucopurulent • chronic bronchitis simple with airways obstruction • fee simple • fee-simple • past perfect simple • past simple • present simple • pure and simple • simple absence • simple closed curve • simple eye • simple fraction • simple fracture • simple fruit • simple glaucoma • simple harmonic motion • simple interest • simple leaf • simple machine • simple majority • simple mastectomy • simple microscope • simple mindedness • simple obesity • simple past • simple pendulum • simple phobia • simple pistil • simple protein • simple random sampling • simple regression • simple sentence • simple sugar • simple truth • simple-minded • simple-mindedness
⇨ 0,1-simple lattice • 8 Simple Rules • 8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter • A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission) • A Simple Investigation • A Simple Plan • A Simple Plan (film) • A Simple Plan (novel) • A Simple Twist of Fate • Absolutely simple group • Addicted (Simple Plan song) • Ali Project – Collection Simple Plus • Amazon Simple Queue Service • As Simple as Snow • Asynchronous array of simple processors • Blood Simple • Can It Be All So Simple • Celebration (Simple Minds album) • Central simple algebra • Characteristically simple group • Charles the Simple • Classification of finite simple groups • Crazy (Simple Plan song) • Cry (Simple Minds album) • Fee simple • Fee simple estate • Finite simple group classification theorem • Frederick III the Simple • Get Real (8 Simple Rules episode) • Halloween (8 Simple Rules episode) • He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot • Hollywood Ending (The Simple Life episode) • Home Made Simple • I Wrote a Simple Song • I'd Do Anything (Simple Plan song) • It's a Shame a Family Can Be Torn Apart by Something as Simple as a Pack of Wild Dogs • Javascript Simple Syndication • Life Made Simple • Life in a Day (Simple Minds album) • List of 8 Simple Rules episodes • List of Peter Simple's characters • List of Simple series games • List of The Simple Life episodes • List of simple Lie groups • List of simple groups • Love Is Simple • Not So Simple • OMA Presence SIMPLE • Once Upon a Time (Simple Minds album) • Passé Simple Tense • Passé simple • Passé simple tense • Paul the Simple • Perfect (Simple Plan song) • Perfect World (Simple Plan song) • Peter Simple • Plain and Simple • Play a Simple Melody • Pure and Simple • Pure and Simple (album) • Real Simple • Really Simple Discovery • Really Simple Systems • Screw (simple machine) • Semi-simple group • Semi-simple operator • Shut Up! (Simple Plan song) • Simple (abstract algebra) • Simple (philosophy) • Simple 4-line • Simple API for XML • Simple Authentication and Security Layer • Simple Common Gateway Interface • Simple Cooking (newsletter) • Simple Creed • Simple Declarative Language • Simple DirectMedia Layer • Simple DirectMedia Library • Simple English • Simple English Bible • Simple English Wikipedia • Simple English Wiktionary • Simple Features • Simple Gateway Control Protocol • Simple Gateway Monitoring Protocol • Simple Gifts (film) • Simple Grid Protocol • Simple Groupware • Simple HTML Ontology Extensions • Simple Headphone Mind • Simple Interactive Object Extraction • Simple Kapadia • Simple Kaur • Simple Key-Management for Internet Protocol • Simple Kid • Simple Kind of Life • Simple Knowledge Organization System • Simple LR parser • Simple Lang • Simple Lie group • Simple Life (album) • Simple List Extensions • Simple Love • Simple Machines • Simple Machines Forum • Simple Magnetic Overunity Toy • Simple Mail Access Protocol • Simple Mail Transfer Protocol • Simple Man • Simple Man (album) • Simple Men • Simple Metadata Registry • Simple Mind Condition • Simple Minds • Simple Minds discography • Simple Mission • Simple Mission (album) • Simple Network Management Protocol • Simple Network Paging Protocol • Simple Outline XML • Simple Plan • Simple Plan (Kemo the Blaxican album) • Simple Pleasure • Simple Sensor Interface protocol • Simple Sequence Repeat • Simple Sequence Repeats • Simple Service Discovery Protocol • Simple Simon • Simple Simon (musical) • Simple Simon (nursery rhyme) • Simple Soap Binding Profile • Simple Symphony • Simple Things • Simple Things (Amy Grant album) • Simple Things (Amy Grant song) • Simple Things (Zero 7 album) • Simple Things (album) • Simple Things (song) • Simple Things Remixes • Simple algebra • Simple and compound intervals • Simple assault • Simple cell • Simple church • Simple circuit • Simple coiled tubular gland • Simple columnar epithelium • Simple cuboidal epithelial • Simple cuboidal epithelium • Simple face mask • Simple file verification • Simple group • Simple guard pass • Simple highest weight module • Simple interrupted stitch • Simple lipid • Simple living • Simple majority • Simple matter of software • Simple metre • Simple microscope • Simple module • Simple partial seizure • Simple past (English) • Simple path • Simple polygonal chain • Simple polygonal path • Simple polytope • Simple present (English) • Simple programmable logic device • Simple resolution • Simple ring • Simple series • Simple set • Simple squamous epithelium • Simple squeeze • Simple sugar • Simple sugars • Simple suspension bridges • Simple theorems in the algebra of sets • Simple triage and rapid treatment • Simple tubular gland • Simple vows • Simple wiki • Sing a Simple Song • So Simple • Strictly simple group • The Best of Simple Minds • The Lord protects the simple • The Mirror of Simple Souls • The Simple Life • The Simple Life (Magnet album) • The Simple Life 5 • The Simple Past • The Simple Things • Things Aren't Simple Anymore • Tom Kerrigan's Simple Chess Program • Torn Between Two Lovers (8 Simple Rules episode) • What's Simple Is True
Analogical dictionary
simple (adj.)
easy[Classe]
fluide (style) (fr)[DomainJugement]
unambiguous, unequivocal, univocal[Similaire]
simple (adj.)
simple (adj.)
brut, sans finesse (personnes) (fr)[Classe]
bête (fr)[Classe]
backward, half-witted, retarded[Similaire]
simple (adj.)
plain[Similaire]
simple (adj.)
plain[Similaire]
simple (adj.)
backward, half-witted, retarded[Similaire]
simple (adj.)
simple (adj.)
simple (adj.)
sincère (personne) (fr)[Classe]
innocent (fr)[Classe]
acre, naiveness, naivete, naivety - naively, naïvely[Dérivé]
sophisticated[Ant.]
simple (n.)
Wikipedia
SIMPLE
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SIMPLE, the Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions, is an instant messaging (IM) and presence protocol suite based on Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) managed by the IETF.[1] Like XMPP, and in contrast to the vast majority of IM and presence protocols used by software deployed today, SIMPLE is an open standard.
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Purpose
SIMPLE applies SIP to the problems of:
- registering for presence information and receiving notifications when such events occur, for example when a user logs in or comes back from lunch;
- sending short messages, analogous to SMS or two-way paging;
- managing a session of real-time messages between two or more participants.
Implementations of the SIMPLE based protocols can be found in SIP Softphones and also in SIP Hardphones.
Technical description
Presence
The SIMPLE presence specifications can be broken up into:
- The core protocol machinery. This provides the actual SIP extensions for subscriptions, notifications and publications. RFC 3265 defines the SUBSCRIBE and NOTIFY methods. SUBSCRIBE allows to subscribe to an event on a server, the server responds with NOTIFY whenever the event come up. RFC 3856 defines how to make use of SUBSCRIBE/NOTIFY for presence. Two models are defined: an end-to-end model in which each User Agent handles presence subscriptions itself; and a centralized model. The latter introduces the concept of a presence server; all subscriptions are handled by this server. The message PUBLISH (RFC 3903) allows User Agents to inform the presence server about their subscription states.
- Presence documents. The presence information is coded in XML documents, that are carried in the bodies of the respective SIP messages. RFC 3863 and RFC 4479 describe this procedure, RFC 4480 (RPID), RFC 4481, RFC 4482 (CPID) and various drafts describe contents and formats of the presence documents.
- Privacy, policy and provisioning. If the centralized model is used, the User Agents need a way to define who may subscribe to which amount of their presence information. RFC 4745 and RFC 5025 define a framework for authorization policies controlling access to application-specific data. The XCAP protocol (RFC 4825), carried by HTTP, allows User Agents to communicate their presence rules to a XCAP server, which rules the information exposed by the presence server. RFC 3857 and RFC 3858 define a subscription event "watcher info". User Agents may subscribe to this event to be informed who is subscribing to their presence information.
IM
SIP defines two modes of instant messaging:
- The Page Mode makes use of the SIP method MESSAGE, as defined in RFC 3428. This mode establishes no sessions.
- The Session Mode. The Message Session Relay Protocol (RFC 4975, RFC 4976) is a text-based protocol for exchanging arbitrarily-sized content between users, at any time. An MSRP session is set up by exchanging certain information, such as an MSRP URI, within SIP and SDP signalling.
References
External links
- Rich Presence - A New User Communications Experience Technology White Paper
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