Isis (disambiguation)
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Isis is a goddess from the polytheistic pantheon of Egypt.
Isis or ISIS may also refer to:
Organisations[edit]
- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a former name of the Islamic State
- Isis Innovation, a British technology transfer company owned by the University of Oxford
- Isis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ISIS), a US pharmaceutical company
- ISIS Papyrus, a Swiss-based software vendor
Non-profits[edit]
- International Species Information System, an international software developer and data-sharing organization for zoos and aquariums
- Institute for the Scientific Investigation of Sexuality, now known as the Family Research Institute, an American anti-gay organization
- Institute for Science and International Security, an American non-governmental institution to inform the public about science and policy issues affecting international security
- ISIS Group, the former name of the the Adara Group, an international development organisation dealing with issues of human trafficking
- Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society, an American organization promoting secularization and human rights within Islamic society, and part of the Center for Inquiry
- The Institute of Science in Society, a UK organization promoting homeopathy, ecological sustainability, and anti-GMO policies
- Institute for the Study of Interdisciplinary Sciences, a now-defunct British educational charity to examine and debate the revisionist theories of Immanuel Velikovsky
Arts, entertainment, and media[edit]
- Isis, a periodical by Lorenz Oken
- Isis (journal), focusing on the history of science, medicine and technology
- Isis magazine, a student magazine at Oxford University
- Isis Adventure, a puzzle game
Fictional characters[edit]
- Isis (Battlestar Galactica)
- Isis (Bluewater Comics), an American comic book character based on the goddess
- Isis (DC Comics), a DC Comics superhero, as well as a separate Egyptian goddess also living in the DC Universe
- Isis (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
- Isis (Stargate)
- Isis Eaglet, a character in Magical Chronicle Lyrical Nanoha Force
Music[edit]
- DJ Isis (Isis van der Wel, formerly known as 100% Isis), Dutch DJ
- Isis (band), an American post-metal band
- Isis (Brisbane band), a rock band
- Isis (horn-rock band), a 1970s all-female band
- Isis (Lully), a 1677 opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully and Philippe Quinault
- "Isis" (song), by Bob Dylan
- "Isis", a song from the album Voyage to Isis by Delta-S
- "Isis", a song from the EP Is Is by The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Television[edit]
- "Isis" (Smallville), a television episode
- International Secret Intelligence Service, a fictional spy agency in the TV series Archer
- Project Isis (Chuck), a fictional spy operation
- The Secrets of Isis, a 1970s television series originally titled Isis
Science[edit]
- Isis (genus), a soft coral genus
- Isis (lunar crater)
- ISIS (satellite), a series of Canadian satellites designed to study the ionosphere
- ISIS neutron source, a pulsed neutron and muon source
- 42 Isis, an asteroid
- International Studies of Infarct Survival, a set of clinical trials
Computing[edit]
- ISIS (operating system), used on the Intel 8085 processor
- IS-IS, a network routing protocol
- Integrated Scientific Information System, software programs including the MDL Chime plug-in
- ISIS/Draw, a chemistry modelling program
- Isis Mobile Wallet, former name of Softcard, a mobile payment system
- CDS ISIS, a non-numerical information storage and retrieval software developed by UNESCO
- Image and Scanner Interface Specification, an interface for image scanning technologies
- Infinitely Scalable Information Storage, a video storage system from Avid Technology
- Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers, a software to process images and spectra collected by NASA planetary missions
- ISIS, a variant of the JOSS programming language
Places[edit]
- Isis Highway, an Australian highway
- Isis River (disambiguation), several rivers
- Isis Temple, a prominence in Grand Canyon, Arizona, US
- Shire of Isis, a former local government area in Queensland, Australia
England[edit]
- The Isis, a part of the River Thames in Oxford
- Isis Bridge, a bridge across the River Thames near Oxford
- Isis (HM Prison), a young offenders institution located in London
Transportation[edit]
- ISIS Drive, (International Splined Interface Standard) a bicycle bottom bracket interface specification
- Integrated Sensor is Structure, a project to develop an airship for intelligence use
- Integrated standby instrument system, a backup instrument display for aircraft
- Morris Isis, a car by Morris Motors from 1929 to 1931 and a car from the British Motor Corporation in the 1950s
- Toyota Isis, a seven-seat large MPV manufactured by Kanto Auto Works under contract for Japanese automaker Toyota
Ships[edit]
- Isis (ship), a grain ship of Ancient Rome, described by Lucian
- HMS Isis, several British Royal Navy ships
- USC&GS Isis, an early 20th-century survey ship
Other uses[edit]
- Hurricane Isis (disambiguation), several tropical cyclones
- Is, is, isis, or double copula, an English sentence with the word is twice in succession
- Isis, the Oxford University reserve rowing crew at the Boat Race
See also[edit]
- Isis the Amazon, stage name of professional wrestler Lindsay Kay Hayward
- Isis Unveiled, an 1877 book by theosophist Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
- ISI (disambiguation)
- Isyss, an R&B group
People with the given name[edit]
- Isis Casalduc (born 1981), Puerto Rican beauty pageant titleholder and model
- Isis Finlay (1934–2007), 1954 Miss Cuba
- Isis Gomes (born 1985), Brazilian model
- Isis King or Isis Tsunami (born 1985), contestant on America's Next Top Model
- Isis Nyong'o, Kenyan American media and technology leader in Africa
- Isis Pogson (1852–1945), British astronomer and meteorologist
- Isis Taylor (born 1989), stage name of an American pornographic actress
- Ísis Valverde (born 1987), Brazilian actress
People with the surname[edit]
- María Isis (María Jesús), daughter of Mexican army general Agustín de Iturbide
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