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Hex - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Abuse, Anathema, Ban, Blaspheme, Blasphemy, Blast, Blight, Cantrip, Charm, Corrupt, Coven, Crucify, Curse, Damage

The word hex may have several meanings, depending on context:

  • A Greek root word denoting "six" as in "hexagon", a six-sided geometric figure.
  • A magical spell or curse.
  • The Pennsylvania German magical system of "hex work", also known as pow-wow.
  • The name of a board game. See Hex (board game).
  • Abbreviation of Hexadecimal, a base-16 number system often used when doing low-level work on computers (e.g., assembly or machine code programming).
  • The name of a fictional computer from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. See Hex (Discworld).
  • Hex is the name of a character in the Big Finish Productions audio plays based on the television series Doctor Who.
  • Hex is also the name of a TV series.
  • Hex is the name of a trilogy of sci-fi books by Rhiannon Lassiter.
  • [HEX] is also the abbreviation for the health site, www.healthexpressions.com.

Example Usage of Hex

randompassword: ahV.i0Ov #password - -- You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you count sheep in Hex.
reynauddude: 0xED is a great OS X-based Hex editor: http://www.suavetech.com/0xed/0xed.html when you can't fix a bug you hack with this little tool
infokrauction: Набор угловых ключей Hex 2,5-10мм.. удлин 7ед. (шт.) FORCE.: Набор угловых ключей Hex 2,5-10мм.. удлин 7ед. (шт.. http://bit.ly/6AHcKs
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