The IRIS WorkSpace is a graphically organized iconic Desktop Environment

Desktop environment

In graphical computing, a desktop environment commonly refers to a style of graphical user interface derived from the desktop metaphor that is seen on most modern personal computers. These GUIs help the user in easily accessing, configuring, and modifying many important and frequently accessed...

 that allows quick and easy access to the IRIX

IRIX

IRIX is a computer operating system developed by Silicon Graphics, Inc. to run natively on their 32- and 64-bit MIPS architecture workstations and servers. It was based on UNIX System V with BSD extensions. IRIX was the first operating system to include the XFS file system.The last major version...

 file system along with simplified system administration via the System Manager. The IRIS WorkSpace was used by Silicon Graphics

Silicon Graphics

Silicon Graphics, Inc. was a manufacturer of high-performance computing solutions, including computer hardware and software, founded in 1981 by Jim Clark...

 from 4D1-3.0 - IRIX 5.0. It was succeeded in 1993 by the Indigo Magic Desktop introduced with IRIX 5.1 and the Indy

SGI Indy

The Indy, code-named "Guinness", is a low-end workstation introduced on 12 July 1993. Developed and manufactured by Silicon Graphics Incorporated , it was the result of their attempt to obtain a share of the low-end computer-aided design market, which was dominated at the time by other workstation...

 workstation.

See also

• 4Sight
  4Sight
  4Sight is the name of a desktop computer telephony software product made by 4Com. 4Sight is the name of the client software product. The associated server product is called 4Sight Server. The main purpose of the software is to provide integration between business telephone systems and CRM software...
  
  
• CDE
  Common Desktop Environment
  The Common Desktop Environment is a desktop environment for Unix and OpenVMS, based on the Motif widget toolkit.- Corporate history :...
  
  
• Indigo Magic Desktop
• IRIX Interactive Desktop
  IRIX Interactive Desktop
  IRIX Interactive Desktop is a desktop environment normally used as the default desktop on Silicon Graphics workstations running IRIX. The IRIX Interactive Desktop uses the Motif widget toolkit on top of the X Window System found on most Unix systems. The default window manager on the IRIX...