Prism usually refers to: *

Prism (optics) An optical prism is a transparent optical element with flat, polished surfaces that are designed to refract light. At least one surface must be angled—elements with two parallel surfaces are ''not'' prisms. The most familiar type of optic ...

, a transparent optical component with flat surfaces that refract light *

Prism (geometry) In geometry, a prism is a polyhedron comprising an polygon Base (geometry), base, a second base which is a Translation (geometry), translated copy (rigidly moved without rotation) of the first, and other Face (geometry), faces, necessarily all ...

, a kind of polyhedron Prism may also refer to:

Science and mathematics

Prism (geology) In sedimentology, a prism is a long, narrow, wedge-shaped sedimentary body. These types of sediments are typically formed during orogenic deformation; for example, the arkose detrital sedimentary rock found in fault troughs. In mineralogy, pris ...

, a type of sedimentary deposit * Prism (surveying), a type of target *

Prism correction Eye care professionals use prism correction as a component of some eyeglass prescriptions. A lens which includes some amount of prism correction will displace the viewed image horizontally, vertically, or a combination of both directions. The ...

, a component of some eyeglass prescriptions

Government

PRISM PRISM is a code name for a program under which the United States National Security Agency (NSA) collects internet communications from various U.S. internet companies. The program is also known by the SIGAD . PRISM collects stored internet ...

, a surveillance program run by the US National Security Agency *

Oregon Performance Reporting Information System The Performance Reporting and Information System (PRISM) is a data system which collects and disseminates performance measurement data for individuals receiving workforce services from the U.S. state of Oregon government. To help inform decisio ...

, a state agency

Media and entertainment

Publications

* Prism (comics), a Marvel Comics character * ''

Prism International ''Prism International'' (styled ''PRISM international'') is a magazine published quarterly in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1959, it is Western Canada's senior literary magazine. The magazine was started with name ''Prism'' ...

'', a Canadian literary magazine * ''PRISM: The Journal of Complex Operations'', published by the

National Defense University National Defence (or Defense) University (or College) may refer to: :''Alphabetical by country'' University * Marshal Fahim National Defense University, Afghanistan * National Defense University (Azerbaijan) * People's Liberation Army National Defe ...

* ''ASEE Prism'', the flagship publication of the

American Society for Engineering Education American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, ...

Prism Comics Prism Comics is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) creators, stories, characters, and readers in the comics industry. It does this through informational booths and pr ...

, an organization that supports LGBT people in the comics industry * ''The Prism Pentad'', a series of Dungeons & Dragons novels by

Troy Denning Troy Denning is an American fantasy and science fiction author and game designer who has written more than two dozen novels. Background Denning grew up in the mountain town of Idaho Springs, Colorado. An avid reader of science fiction and fan ...

*''Prism'', a monthly on the post-Soviet states by the

Jamestown Foundation The Jamestown Foundation is a Washington, D.C.–based non-partisan defense policy think tank. Founded in 1984 as a platform to support Soviet defectors, its stated mission is to inform and educate policy makers about events and trends, which ...

Music

Prism (band) Prism (styled as PRiSM) is a Canadian Rock music, rock band formed in Vancouver in 1977. They were originally active from 1977 to 1984 and have been active again from 1987 to present. Their classic line-up consisted of lead singer Ron Tabak, g ...

, a Canadian rock band ** ''Prism'' (Prism album), the debut album of the Canadian band *

Prism (Japanese band) was a Japanese jazz fusion band formed in 1975. History Prism was formed in 1975 by Akira Wada and Ken Watanabe. In 1976, the group were signed to Polydor Records and toured nationwide. Prism released their debut album in 1977, ''Prism'', w ...

, a jazz fusion band * ''Prism'' (Beth Nielsen Chapman album) * ''Prism'' (Dave Holland album) * ''Prism'' (Jeff Scott Soto album) * ''Prism'' (Joanne Brackeen album) * ''Prism'' (Katy Perry album) * ''Prism'' (Matthew Shipp album) * ''Prism'' (Ryo Kawasaki album) * ''Prism'' (The Orb album) * ''Prism'' (Yoshida Brothers album) * ''Prism'' (Rainbow EP) * "Prism", a song from Lindsey Stirling's 2016 album ''

Brave Enough ''Brave Enough'' is the third studio album by American electronic musician Lindsey Stirling, released independently on the imprint Lindseystomp Records on August 19, 2016. The album features guest vocalists Christina Perri, Carah Faye, Dan + Sh ...

'' *

Prism Records Prism Records was an American record label formed in 1978 by Len Fichtelberg (d. November 4, 2010). It was originally an independent label, focusing on the New York City R&B and disco scene of the day with groups like Erotic Drum Band and dis ...

, an American record label

Other

* ''Prism'' (play), a 2017 play by Terry Johnson * ''Prism'' (opera), a 2018 opera by Ellen Reid *

PRISM (TV network) PRISM (Philadelphia Regional In-home Sports and Movies) was an American regional premium cable television channel in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Launched in September 1976, PRISM was primarily distributed through area cable systems, alth ...

, a defunct cable television channel in Philadelphia, United States * Prism (street artist), street artist from Melbourne, Australia *

Prism Leisure Corporation Prism Leisure Corporation Plc was a distribution and publishing company that primarily focused on reissues and compilations, often at low prices. The company was located in Enfield Town, Enfield, Middlesex, United Kingdom until it was placed int ...

, 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 PRISM (Parallel Reduced Instruction Set Multiprocessor) was Apollo Computer's high-performance CPU used in their DN10000 series workstations. It was for some time the fastest microprocessor available, a high fraction of a Cray-1 in a workstatio ...

, a microprocessor made by Apollo Computer *

DEC PRISM PRISM (Parallel Reduced Instruction Set Machine) was a 32-bit RISC instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). It was the outcome of a number of DEC research projects from the 1982–1985 time-frame, and ...

, a cancelled processor architecture designed by Digital Equipment Corporation * SGI Prism, a computer * Prism Microproducts, a British IT company that produced modems for the

Micronet 800 Micronet 800 was a provider of information and communication services hosted on Prestel, a British videotex service, from 1983 to 1991. It targeted the UK home computer market and operated as an online, subscription-based magazine and databas ...

service *

PR/SM A logical partition (LPAR) is a subset of a computer's hardware resources, virtualized as a separate computer. In effect, a physical machine can be partitioned into multiple logical partitions, each hosting a separate instance of an operating s ...

, an IBM mainframe hypervisor

Software

Delphi Prism Oxygene (formerly known as Chrome) is a programming language developed by RemObjects Software for Microsoft's Common Language Infrastructure, the Java Platform and Cocoa. Oxygene is based on Delphi's Object Pascal, but also has influences from ...

, 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) PRISM (Power Reactor Innovative Small Module, sometimes S-PRISM from SuperPRISM) is a nuclear power plant design by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH). Design The S-PRISM represents GEH's Generation IV reactor solution to closing the nuclear fue ...

, a small nuclear power plant design * A

retroreflector A retroreflector (sometimes called a retroflector or cataphote) is a device or surface that reflects light or other radiation back to its source with minimum scattering. This works at a wide range of angle of incidence (optics), angle of incidenc ...

, used in surveying *

Prism Rail Prism Rail was a British passenger rail company formed in July 1995 to bid for rail franchises in the United Kingdom during the privatisation of British Rail. It expressed interest in eighteen franchises, was shortlisted for twelve and was ultim ...

, a British passenger rail company *

Prism Motorsports Phil Parsons Racing, formerly named MSRP Motorsports, Prism Motorsports, and later HP Racing, was a NASCAR team that competed in the Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series. It was owned by former NASCAR driver Phil Parsons, and most recently fiel ...

, a defunct NASCAR team *

Nokia Prism The Nokia Prism is a fashion mobile phone collection produced by Nokia Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications industry, telecommunications, technology company, information technology, and cons ...

, a fashion mobile phone collection * ''Prism'' (video game), a video game about manipulating 3D shapes * PRISM+, a consumer electronics brand in Asia