Iris

Iris or IRIS may refer to:

• Iris (anatomy), part of the eye
• Iris (color), an ambiguous color term, usually referring to shades ranging from blue-violet to violet
• Iris (insect), a genus of praying mantis
• Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess
• Iris (plant), a genus of flowering plants
• Iris, an adjustable diaphragm in an optical system

People

• Iris (given name), a feminine given name, and a list of people so named
• Iris (artist) (born 1983), comics artist in Quebec, Canada
• Iris (singer) (born 1995), a Belgian singer
• Iris Ashley (1909–1994), Irish-born British stage and film actress
• Donnie Iris (born 1943), an American rock musician

Places

• Iris, California, a community in the United States
• Iris, Cluj-Napoca, a district in Romania
• Iris, Prince Edward Island, a community in Canada
• Iris, West Virginia, a community in the United States
• Iris Avenue station, on the San Diego Trolley
• Iris Bay, in South Georgia
• Iris Bay (Dubai), a 32-floor tower in the United Arab Emirates
• Iris Falls, a waterfall in Wyoming
• IRIS Mist, a tower to be built in Dubai Maritime City, United Arab Emirates
• Glen Iris (disambiguation), several places
• Yeşilırmak River, a river in northern Turkey, called Iris in classical Greek

Art

• Irises (painting), by Vincent Van Gogh

Books and Periodicals

• Elegy for Iris, a 1999 memoir by John Bayley about his marriage to Iris Murdoch
• IRIS Magazine, an Irish republican magazine
• El Iris, a Mexican periodical published between in 1826
• Sheffield Iris, an early English newspaper

Astronomy

• IRIS (astronomical software), an astronomical image processing software
• 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 bright reflection nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cepheus

Computing, information systems, and information technology

• IRIS (transportation software), an Advanced Traffic Management 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
• Integrated Rutgers Information System, the catalog for many Rutgers University libraries
• Internet Routing in Space, a space-capable IP router
• Iris Browser, a web browser
• IRIS GL, a graphics application programming interface
• Iris Mote, a wireless sensor node
• Iris printer, an inkjet printer
• Iris Recognition Immigration System, an electronic border control system
• IRIS Workspace, a graphically organized iconic desktop environment
• SGI IRIS, a line of computer terminals and workstations
• Intel HD and Iris Graphics, a series of integrated graphics processors
• IRIS (Intelligent Robotic Interface System), a comprehensive robotic software developed at Tennessee State University.

Enterprises

• IRIS (radio reading service), Vision Australia Radio for people unable to read print media
• Iris Associates, an American software company, developer of Lotus Notes
• Iris Capital, a venture capital firm, specialized in the digital economy, primarily active in Europe
• Iris Clert Gallery, an art gallery named after its Greek owner and curator, Iris Clert
• Iris Fund for Prevention of Blindness, a British charity, now part of Fight for Sight
• IRIS Research, an Australian economic, community and industry research organisation
• International Resources for the Improvement of Sight, a multi-national charity

Events

• Iris (Management Festival), an event of the Indian Institute of Management Indore
• Iris Challenge Evaluation, a series of NIST events to promote iris recognition technology

Nature

• Tropical Storm Iris (disambiguation), three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.
• Iris glossy-starling, the emerald starling (Lamprotornis iris)

Science and technology

• IRIS (biosensor), an interferometric high-throughput biosensor
• Iris (diaphragm), a mechanical device
• IRIS (jamming device), an Estonian weapon
• Iris (psychedelic), a psychedelic drug and a substituted amphetamine
• HTC Iris, a smartphone manufactured by High Tech Computer Corporation
• IRIS Consortium, a seismology research project
• IRIS-T, a German air-to-air missile
• Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, a complication of anti-HIV treatment
• 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
• Shahab-4 or IRIS, an Iranian liquid propelled missile
• Iris (car), a British car brand manufactured 1906–1925

Transport

• Iris (shipwreck), an 1886 sunken schooner in Lake Michigan
• Iris (train), an international express train in Europe
• IRIS engine, a design for a new type of internal combustion engine
• Abraham Iris, a 1930s French touring airplane
• Blackburn Iris, a 1920s British biplane flying boat
• de Havilland Iris, a British four-cylinder, liquid-cooled, horizontally opposed aero engine
• French ship Iris, the name of several vessels
• HMS Iris, the name of several Royal Navy ships
• International Railway Industry Standard for the evaluation of railway management systems, see Union des Industries Ferroviaires Européennes
• MV Royal Iris, a ferry operating until 1991
• MV Royal Iris of the Mersey, a ferry operating since 2001
• USS Iris, the name of several U.S. Navy ships

Theatre, Film and TV

• Iris shot, a film technique for ending a scene

Films

• 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, a 2014 documentary about Iris Apfel by Albert Maysles
• Iris (2016 film), a French film directed by Jalil Lespert

Stage productions

• Iris (Cirque du Soleil), Cirque du Soleil's only 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
• Iris (game), a Halo 3 online promotion

Fictional entities

• Iris (American Horror Story), an American Horror Story: Hotel character
• Iris (Mega Man), a Mega Man X4 character
  • Iris, a Mega Man Battle Network character
• Iris (Pokémon)
  • Iris (Pokémon anime)
• Iris (Stargate)
• Iris, a kaiju character in Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris
• Iris, a Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (1995) character
• Iris, a character in Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations
• Iris, a Ruby Gloom character
• Iris, a Taxi Driver (1976) character
• Iris Irine, a Ragnarok character
• Iris Donnelly Garrison, a fictional character in the American soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing
• Iris West Allen, the wife of Barry Allen aka "The Flash"
• Sorceress Iris, a Magicians of Xanth character

Music

Classical music

• Iris (opera), by Pietro Mascagni
• "Iris", chanson by Michel Lambert (1610-1696)
• "Iris", chanson by Jean-Benjamin de Laborde (1734-1794)
• Iris, concerto by Archibald Joyce (1873-1963)
• Iris, for saxophone by Tansy Davies (b.1973)

Groups

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

Albums and EPs

• Iris (Iris album), the self-titled debut album by the Romanian band
• Iris (EP), a 1992 EP by Miranda Sex Garden

Songs

• "Iris" (Goo Goo Dolls song), a 1998 song by the Goo Goo Dolls on the soundtrack City of Angels
• "Iris", a song by Leona Lewis on the EP Hurt: The EP
• "Iris", a song by Mike Posner on the album At Night, Alone
• "Iris", a song by Emmy the Great on the album Virtue
• "Iris", a song by Live on the album Throwing Copper
• "Iris", a song by Split Enz on the album Waiata
• "Iris", a song by The Breeders on the album Pod
• "Iris (Hold Me Close)", a song by U2 on the album Songs of Innocence

See also

• Iris II (disambiguation)