Isis is a goddess from the polytheistic pantheon of Ancient Egypt.
Isis or ISIS may also refer to:
- ISIS, an acronym for the unrecognized state sometimes known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
Computing
edit- ISIS (operating system), used on the Intel 8085 processor
- CDS ISIS, a non-numerical information storage and retrieval software developed by UNESCO
- Image and Scanner Interface Specification
- Infinitely Scalable Information Storage, a video storage system from Avid Technology
- Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers, software to process data collected by NASA planetary missions
- IS-IS or ISIS, a network routing protocol
- ISIS/Draw, a chemistry modelling program
- Softcard or Isis Mobile Wallet, a mobile payment system
- Unity ISIS, a storage device
- Integrated Scientific Information System, software programs including the MDL Chime plug-in
- ISIS, a variant of the JOSS programming language
Fictional characters
editMusic
edit- Isis (band), an American post-metal band
- Isis (horn-rock band), a 1970s all-female band
- Lin Que or Isis, a member of Deadly Venoms
- Isis (Lully), a 1677 opera
- "Isis" (song), a song by Bob Dylan, from his 1976 album Desire
- "Isis", a song by Delta-S from Voyage to Isis
- "Isis", a song by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from Is Is
- "ISIS" (song), a song by Joyner Lucas featuring Logic
Organizations
edit- Independent Schools Information Service, part of the Independent Schools Council
- Isis Innovation or Oxford University Innovation, a British technology transfer company
- ISIS Equity Partners or Livingbridge, a private equity firm headquartered in London
- HM Prison Isis, a young offenders institution in London
- Institute for Science and International Security, an American non-governmental institution
- Institute for the Scientific Investigation of Sexuality or the Family Research Institute, an American anti-gay organization
- Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society, an American organization
- International Society for Iranian Studies or the Association for Iranian Studies, a U.S.-based academic organization
- International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry
- International Species Information System or Species360, a zoo and aquarium software development and data-sharing organization
- ISIS Group or the Adara Group, an international development organisation dealing with issues of human trafficking
- Isis-Urania Temple, a religious group
- Innovative Solutions In Space, a Dutch aerospace company
Periodicals
edit- Isis (journal), a journal on the history of science, medicine and technology
- Isis magazine, a student magazine at Oxford University
- Isis, a periodical by Lorenz Oken
Places
edit- Isis (lunar crater)
- 42 Isis, an asteroid
- Electoral district of Isis, a former state electoral district in Queensland, Australia
- Shire of Isis, a former local government area in Queensland, Australia
- Port of Isis, Bulhar
- Isis Highway, a highway in Queensland, Australia
- The Isis, the upper part of the River Thames in Oxford, UK
- Isis Bridge, across the River Thames near Oxford, UK
- Isis River, Queensland, a locality in Queensland, Australia
- Isis River (Queensland), a river in Queensland, Australia
- Isis, Ohio, an unincorporated community
- Isis Temple, a prominence in the Grand Canyon in the United States
Science
edit- 42 Isis, an asteroid
- Isis (genus), a soft coral genus
- ISIS (satellite), a series of Canadian satellites
- Hippotion isis, a species of moth
- International Studies of Infarct Survival, a set of clinical trials
- ISIS neutron source, a pulsed neutron and muon source
- Isis, a former research reactor at CEA Saclay
- ISIS, alternate abbreviation for IS☉IS, an instrument aboard the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft to Earth's Sun
Ships
edit- Isis (ship), a grain ship of Ancient Rome, described by Lucian
- HMS Isis (1774), a 50-gun fourth rate
- HMS Isis (1819), a 50-gun fourth rate
- HMS Isis (1896), an Eclipse-class protected cruiser
- HMS Isis (D87), an I-class destroyer launched in 1936
- HMS Isis (M2010), a Ley-class minehunter launched in 1955 as HMS Cradley
- USC&GS Isis, an early 20th-century survey ship
Sports
edit- Isis Waterski Club
- Isis, an Oxford University reserve rowing crew at the Boat Race
Television
edit- Isis (TV series) or The Secrets of Isis
- "Isis", an episode of Smallville
- Project Isis (Chuck), a fictional spy operation in Chuck
- International Secret Intelligence Service, a fictional spy agency in Archer
Transportation
edit- Integrated Sensor is Structure, a project to develop an airship for intelligence use
- Integrated standby instrument system, a backup instrument display for aircraft
- ISIS Drive or International Splined Interface Standard, a bicycle bottom bracket interface specification
- 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
Other uses
edit- Isis (given name)
- Integrated Secure Identification System
- Isis District State High School
- "Isis" of the Suebi, a goddess in the first-century book Germania
- Is, is or isis, an English sentence with the word "is" twice in succession
- Tropical Storm Isis, six tropical cyclones worldwide have been named Isis.
See also
edit- HMS Isis, a list of British Royal Navy ships
- ISI (disambiguation)
- Isis Eaglet, a character in Magical Chronicle Lyrical Nanoha Force
- Isis River (disambiguation), any of several rivers
- Tropical Storm Isis, a name formerly used for Pacific hurricanes
- Iset for a list of ancient Egyptian figures with the same name as the goddess
- Isyss, an R&B group
- Mysteries of Isis, religious initiation rites performed in the Greco-Roman world
- Name changes due to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Names of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- ISIS-KP, or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province, an offshoot of the ISIS operating primarily in Afghanistan and South-East Asia