title: Shim
text: # Shim
  
  Shim may refer to:
  
  * Shim (spacer), a thin and often tapered or wedged piece of material
     * CPU shim, a spacer for a computer heat sink
     * Shim (fencing), a device used in the sport fencing
     * Shim (lock pick), a tool used to bypass padlocks
  * Shim (computing), an application compatibility workaround
  * Shim (magnetism), a device used to adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field
  * Shim (band), an Australian hard rock band
  
  ## Microscopy
  
  * Second-harmonic imaging microscopy
  * Scanning helium ion microscope
  
  ## People
  
  * Shim (surname)
  * Sim (Korean surname), pronounced "shim"
  * Shim (musician) (born 1983), Israeli singer-songwriter and artist
  