# 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:

## 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 Buenavidez-de Vera, a Lavender Fields character
* Iris Donnelly Garrison, a fictional character in the American soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing
* Iris Irine, a Ragnarok character
* Iris Pike, an Afraid (2024) 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
* Iris: The Movie, a 2010 South Korean spy action film version of the 2009 television series
* IRIS: A Space Opera by Justice, a 2019 film produced by French band Justice

#### 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 (South Korean TV series), a 2009 South Korean espionage television series
* Iris (British TV series), an upcoming British thriller television 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 hard rock 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

* IRIS², EU satellite project
* 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 Transit Center, 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, for Islamic Republic of Iran Ship, the prefix for Iranian naval vessels since 1979

## Other uses

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