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Hex - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Abuse, Anathema, Ban, Blaspheme, Blasphemy, Blast, Blight, Cantrip, Charm, Corrupt, Coven, Crucify, Curse, Damage |
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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.
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Example Usage of Hex |
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randompassword: ahV.i0Ov #password - -- You know you've been hacking too long when...
...you count sheep in Hex. |
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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 |
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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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