A nonzero ring whose only (two-sided) ideals are itself and zero. Every commutative simple ring is a field. Every simple ring is a prime ring.
Simple Ring
See also
Field, Ideal, Prime Ring, RingExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Simple Ring." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SimpleRing.html