Prism (disambiguation)
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A prism is a transparent optical component with flat surfaces that refract light.
Prism may also refer to:
Science and mathematics
- Prism (geometry), a kind of polyhedron
 - Prism (geology), a type of sedimentary deposit
 
Government
- PRISM (surveillance program), a program run by the US National Security Agency
 - PRISM (website), an educational portal website for Indiana teachers
 - Oregon Performance Reporting Information System, a state agency
 
Media and entertainment
Publications
- Prism (comics), a Marvel Comics character
 - Prism International, a Canadian literary magazine
 - PRism (journal), an academic journal covering public relations
 - ASEE Prism, the flagship publication of the American Society for Engineering Education
 - Prism (planet), a planet in the Humanx Commonwealth novels by Alan Dean Foster
 - Prism Comics, an organization that supports LGBT people in the comics industry
 - The Prism Pentad, a series of Dungeons & Dragons novels by Troy Denning
 
Music
- Prism Records, an American record label
 -  Prism (band), a Canadian rock band
- Prism (Prism album), the debut album of the Canadian band
 
 - Prism (Japanese band), a jazz fusion band
 - Prism (Beth Nielsen Chapman album)
 - Prism (Dave Holland album)
 - Prism (Jeff Scott Soto album)
 - Prism (Katy Perry album)
 - Prism (Matthew Shipp album)
 - Prism (Yoshida Brothers album)
 
Other
- PRISM (TV network), a defunct cable television channel in Philadelphia, United States
 - Prism (street artist), street artist from Melbourne, Australia
 - Prism Leisure Corporation, a distribution and publishing company in the United Kingdom
 
Computing
- Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata, XML metadata vocabularies for syndicating, aggregating, post-processing and multi-purposing content
 
Hardware
- Prism (chipset), a wireless networking chipset
 - Apollo PRISM, a microprocessor made by Apollo Computer
 - DEC Prism, a microprocessor made by Digital Equipment Corporation
 - SGI Prism, a computer
 - Prism Micro Products, a British telecommunications company that produced modems for the Micronet 800 network
 
Software
- Delphi Prism, a software development environment for .NET and Mono
 - Mozilla Prism, a software product for desktop integration of web applications
 - PRISM model checker, a probabilistic model checker
 - GraphPad Prism, software for scientific graphing, biostatistics and curve fitting
 
Other uses
- PRISM (reactor), a small nuclear power plant design
 - Prism Rail, a British passenger rail company
 - Prism Motorsports, a NASCAR team
 - Nokia Prism, a fashion mobile phone collection
 - Prism Ridge, a small ridge in Antarctica
 - The Prism (Dubai), a 36-floor tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
 - PRISM, a student program at Odle Middle School, United States
 
See also
- Prismatic (disambiguation)
 - Prism: Light the Way, a two-dimensional puzzle video game
 - PR/SM, an IBM mainframe hypervisor
 - Deck prism, a way of transmitting light from the sun to the inside of a boat
 - Prism correction, a component of some eyeglass prescriptions
 - Tidal prism, the volume of water in an area between high and low tide
 - Geo Prizm, car by Chevrolet
 
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