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, a second base which is a translated copy (rigidly moved without rotation) of the first, and other faces, necessarily all parallelograms, joining corresponding sides of the two ...

, 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, prism ...

, a type of sedimentary deposit * Prism correction, a component of some eyeglass prescriptions

Government

* PRISM, a surveillance program run by the US National Security Agency * PRISM (website), an educational portal website for Indiana teachers *

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 decision ...

, a state agency

Media and entertainment

Publications

Prism (comics) Prism (Robbie) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a member of the Marauders. Publication history Prism first appeared in ''X-Factor'' 10 (November 1986), and was created by Chris Cla ...

, 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'' (journal), an academic journal covering public relations * ''ASEE Prism'', the flagship publication of the American Society for Engineering Education * Prism Comics, 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 ...

Music

* Prism (band), 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, Ken Watanabe, Katsutoshi Morizono, Daisaku Kume, Koki "Corky" Ito and Toru "Rika" Suzuki. Most of the musicians had little professional experien ...

, 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'' (Lindsey Stirling song) * ''Prism'' (Matthew Shipp album) * ''Prism'' (Ryo Kawasaki album) * ''Prism'' (Yoshida Brothers album) * ''Prism'' (Rainbow EP) * Prism Records, 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, alt ...

, 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, Middlesex, United Kingdom, History The company was founded in ...

, 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 cancelled processor architecture designed by Digital Equipment Corporation * SGI Prism, a computer * Prism Micro Products, a British telecommunications company that produced modems for the Micronet 800 network * PR/SM, an IBM mainframe hypervisor

Software

* Delphi Prism, a software development environment for .NET and Mono *

Mozilla Prism Mozilla Prism (formerly WebRunner) is a discontinued project which integrated web applications with the desktop, allowing web applications to be launched from the desktop and configured independently of the default web browser. As of November 201 ...

, 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 * A

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

, used in surveying *

Prism Rail Prism Rail was 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 ultimately awarded four, LTS Rail, Va ...

, a British passenger rail company * Prism Motorsports, a defunct NASCAR team * Nokia Prism, a fashion mobile phone collection * ''Prism'' (video game), a video game about manipulating 3D shapes