Iris

Iris most often refers to:


 * Iris (anatomy), part of the eye
 * Iris (color), an ambiguous color term
 * Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess
 * Iris (plant), a genus of flowering plants

Iris or IRIS may also refer to:

Fictional entities

 * Iris (American Horror Story), an American Horror Story: Hotel character
 * Iris (Fire Force), a character in the manga series Fire Force
 * Iris (Mega Man), a Mega Man X4 character
 * Iris, a Mega Man Battle Network character
 * Iris (Pokémon)
 * Iris (Pokémon anime)
 * Sorceress Iris, a Magicians of Xanth character
 * Iris, a kaiju character in Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris
 * Iris, a LoliRock character
 * Iris, a Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (1995) character
 * Iris, a Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Trials and Tribulations character
 * Iris, a Ruby Gloom character
 * Iris, a Taxi Driver (1976) character
 * The Iris, the antagonist in Gemini Home Entertainment web series
 * Iris Donnelly Garrison, a fictional character in the American soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing
 * Iris Irine, a Ragnarok character
 * Iris Sagan, in AI: The Somnium Files
 * Iris West, a DC Comics character

Film

 * Iris shot, a film technique for ending a scene
 * Iris (1916 film), a British silent romance
 * Iris (1987 film), a Dutch film directed by Mady Saks
 * Iris (2001 film), a biopic about Iris Murdoch
 * Iris (2014 film), a documentary about Iris Apfel by Albert Maysles
 * Iris (2016 film), a French film directed by Jalil Lespert

Stage productions

 * Iris (Cirque du Soleil), a resident show in Los Angeles, California
 * Iris (play), a 1901 play by the British writer Arthur Wing Pinero

Television

 * Iris (TV channel), an Italian free entertainment television channel
 * Iris (TV series), a 2009 South Korean espionage television drama series
 * Iris II (TV series), a 2013 South Korean espionage television drama series
 * Iris, The Happy Professor, a 1992 Canadian television show featuring a purple ibis

Classical compositions

 * Iris (opera), by Pietro Mascagni
 * "Iris", a chanson by Michel Lambert (1610–1696)
 * "Iris", a chanson by Jean-Benjamin de La Borde (1734–1794)
 * Iris, a concerto by Archibald Joyce (1873–1963)
 * Iris, a piece for saxophone by Tansy Davies (born 1973)

Performers

 * Iris (American band), a synthpop group
 * Iris (Romanian band), a heavy metal group
 * Iris (Japanese band), a Japanese girl idol group
 * Arc Iris, a folk pop band from Providence, Rhode Island, US

Albums

 * Iris (album), by the Romanian band Iris
 * Iris (EP), a 1992 EP by Miranda Sex Garden

Songs

 * "Iris" (song) (1998), by the Goo Goo Dolls on the soundtrack City of Angels, later covered by other artists
 * "Iris", by Miles Davis on the 1965 album ESP
 * "Iris", by Emmy the Great on the album Virtue
 * "Iris", by Live on the album Throwing Copper
 * "Iris", by Mike Posner on the album At Night, Alone
 * "Iris", by Split Enz on the album Waiata
 * "Iris", by The Breeders on the album Pod
 * "Iris (Hold Me Close)", by U2 on the album Songs of Innocence

Periodicals

 * El Iris, a Mexican periodical published in 1826
 * Sheffield Iris, an early English newspaper
 * IRIS Magazine, an Irish republican magazine

Other media

 * Iris (game), a Halo 3 online promotion
 * Irises (painting), by Vincent Van Gogh
 * Iris, Messenger of the Gods, a sculpture by Auguste Rodin

Charitable organizations

 * IRIS (radio reading service), provided by Vision Australia Radio
 * Iris Fund for Prevention of Blindness, a British charity, now part of Fight for Sight
 * International Resources for the Improvement of Sight, a multi-national charity

Research groups

 * IRIS Consortium, a seismology research project
 * IRIS Research, an Australian economic, community and industry research organisation
 * Information Systems Research in Scandinavia, a non-profit organization in Scandinavia
 * Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship, a Brown University program

Other organizations

 * Iris Associates, an American software company, developer of Lotus Notes
 * Iris Capital, a venture capital firm primarily active in Europe
 * Iris Clert Gallery, a former art gallery in Paris
 * Iris Ohyama, a Japanese manufacturing company
 * Denso Iris, a basketball team based in Kariya, Aichi

People

 * Iris (given name), a feminine given name, and a list of people so named
 * Iris (artist) (born 1983), comics artist in Quebec, Canada
 * Íris (footballer) (born 1945), Brazilian footballer
 * Iris (singer) (born 1995), Belgian singer
 * Donnie Iris (born 1943), American rock musician

United States

 * Iris, West Virginia, a community in the United States
 * Iris Avenue station, on the San Diego Trolley
 * Iris Falls, a waterfall in Wyoming

Elsewhere

 * Iris, Cluj-Napoca, a district in Romania
 * Iris, Prince Edward Island, a community in Canada
 * Irıs, Tatarstan, a place in Russia
 * Iris Bay, in South Georgia, British Overseas Territory
 * Iris Bay (Dubai), a tower in the United Arab Emirates
 * Glen Iris (disambiguation), several places
 * River Iris, now Yeşilırmak River, a river in northern Turkey, called Iris in classical Greek
 * IRIS Mist, a tower to be built in Dubai Maritime City, United Arab Emirates

Astronomy and spaceflight

 * IRIS (astronomical software), an image processing application
 * Iris (transponder), designed for use in cubesats
 * 7 Iris, an asteroid
 * Infrared interferometer spectrometer and radiometer, an instrument used in the Voyager space program
 * Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun
 * Iris Nebula, a reflection nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cepheus
 * International Radiation Investigation Satellite, an early satellite to study radiation in space
 * Internet Routing in Space, a space-capable IP router

Biology and medicine

 * Iris (anatomy), part of the eye
 * Iris (insect), a genus of praying mantis
 * Iris (plant), a genus of flowering plants
 * Iris (psychedelic), a psychedelic drug
 * Iris glossy-starling, the emerald starling (Lamprotornis iris)
 * Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, a complication of HIV treatment

Computing hardware

 * IRIS (biosensor), an interferometric high-throughput biosensor
 * Iris 50 and Iris 80, mainframe computers from Compagnie Internationale pour l’Informatique
 * Iris Mote, a wireless sensor node
 * Iris printer, an inkjet printer
 * SGI IRIS, a line of computer terminals and workstations
 * HTC Iris, a smartphone manufactured by High Tech Computer Corporation
 * Intel HD, UHD and Iris Graphics, a series of integrated graphics processors
 * Internet Routing in Space, a space-capable IP router

Software

 * IRIS (astronomical software), an image processing application
 * IRIS (transportation software), an Advanced Traffic Management System
 * Iris Associates, an American software company, developer of Lotus Notes
 * Iris Browser, a web browser
 * IRIS GL, a graphics application programming interface
 * IRIS Workspace, a graphically organized iconic desktop environment
 * Incident Resource Inventory System (IRIS), a distributed software tool provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Other uses in computing

 * Iris Challenge Evaluation, a series of NIST events to promote iris recognition technology
 * Iris Recognition Immigration System, an electronic border control system
 * Information Systems Research in Scandinavia, a non-profit organization in Scandinavia
 * Insurance Regulatory Information System, a database of insurance companies in the United States
 * Iris flower data set, a standard example data set for use in statistics (and related software)

Other uses in science and technology

 * Iris (diaphragm), a mechanical device in optical systems
 * Tropical Storm Iris (disambiguation), three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean
 * IRIS (jamming device), an Estonian weapon
 * IRIS Consortium, a seismology research project
 * Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship, a Brown University program
 * Internal rotary inspection system, a pipe testing method
 * International Reactor Innovative and Secure, a nuclear reactor design
 * IRIS (Îlots regroupés pour l'information statistique), aggregated units for statistical information in French census mapping

Aircraft and missiles

 * Abraham Iris, a 1930s French touring airplane
 * Blackburn Iris, a 1920s British biplane flying boat
 * IRIS-T, a German air-to-air missile
 * Shahab-4 or IRIS, an Iranian liquid propelled missile

Automobiles

 * Iris (car), a British car brand manufactured 1906–1925
 * Desert Iris, a Jordanian 4x4 strategic auxiliary vehicle
 * Tata Magic Iris, an Indian microvan
 * Wallyscar Iris, a Tunisian mini SUV

Engines

 * IRIS engine, a design for a type of internal combustion engine
 * de Havilland Iris, a British four-cylinder, liquid-cooled, horizontally opposed aero engine

Rail transportation

 * Iris (train), an international express train in Europe
 * International Railway Industry Standard; see Union des Industries Ferroviaires Européennes

Watercraft

 * LIST OF SHIPS NAMED Iris, for any of several ships by that name
 * French ship Iris, the name of several vessels
 * HMS Iris, the name of several Royal Navy ships
 * MV Royal Iris, a ferry operating until 1991
 * USS Iris, the name of several U.S. Navy ships
 * MV Royal Iris of the Mersey, a ferry operating since 2001
 * IRIS, the prefix for Iranian naval vessels since 1979; see List of current ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

Other uses

 * Iris (color), an ambiguous color term, usually referring to shades ranging from blue-violet to violet
 * Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess