Flex

Flex, the act of deforming elastically and returning to the original shape when the applied stress is removed

See also: Flexibility , Yield (engineering) , and deflection (engineering)

Flex or FLEX may also refer to:

Computing

• Adobe Flex, technologies for developing rich internet applications
• Flex, a family of automatic test equipment produced by Teradyne
• Flex lexical analyser, a free software alternative to lex
• Flex machine, multiple systems
• FlexSystem, enterprise solution developer in Hong Kong
• FLEX (operating system), a single-tasking operating system for the Motorola 6800
• FlexOS, a modular real-time multi-user multi-tasking operating system developed by Digital Research
• FLEX (protocol), a communication protocol for pagers
• FLEX (SIL FieldWorks Language Explorer), an open source application for linguists developed by SIL International

Popular culture

• Flex, Félix Danilo Gómez, Panamanian singer, alternatively named "Flex"
• Flex Alexander, Mark Alexander Knox (b. 1970), an American actor and comedian
• Flex (club), a nightclub in Vienna
• Flex (comics), a fictional superhero
• FLEX (magazine), an American bodybuilding magazine
• Flex (EP) a 2003 EP by Pitch Black
• Funkmaster Flex, Aston George Taylor Jr (b. 1968), an American hip hop DJ
• Flex (song) a 2007 hit song by Dizzee Rascal
• Flex, a 1993 hit song by Mad Cobra
• Flex, A Commercial/Short Film By English Director Chris Cunningham

Science and technology

• Copper-coated polyamide film, often used in flexible printed circuits
• A common shortening of flexible cable, as used on electrical appliances
• Femtosecond Lenticule EXtraction, a form of refractive eye surgery
• Flex-Elektrowerkzeuge, a German producer of power tools
• Flex-fuel, a Flexible-fuel vehicle
• FLEX mission, a potential satellite launch mission by the European Space Agency
• Flextronics (NASDAQ symbo: FLEX), a contract electronics maker in Singapore
• Ford Flex, a full sized people mover vehicle
• Frequency Level Expander, a Pioneer Corporation tape enhancement feature
• Reduced flex thrust, a reduced takeoff thrust setting which trades excess performance for reduced engine wear
• Flex and flock are synthetic materials which can be cut and thermo transferred onto t-shirts

Other

• Flex is shorthand for Flex Your Rights a civil-liberties non-profit based in Washington DC.
• Flexion, in anatomy, a position made possible by the joint angle decreasing
• Flex Linhas Aéreas, a Brazilian regional airline
• Fleet Landing Exercises, acronym for "Fleet Landing Exercise", a series of landing exercises conducted by the Fleet Marine Force, a combined-United States Navy/Marine landing force
• Future Leaders Exchange, acronym for "Future Leaders Exchange", an American student exchange program for high school students from the former Soviet Union

See also

• All pages beginning with "Flex"
• All pages with titles containing "Flex"
• Flexible (disambiguation)