Iris

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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:

Arts and media

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, television, and theatre

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

Music

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

Organizations

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

Places

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

Science and technology

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

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 (French: Îlots regroupés pour l'information statistique), aggregated units for statistical information in French census mapping

Transportation

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