Hex

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A hex is a magical spell, usually with malevolent purposes such as a curse.

Hexa– is a prefix from the Greek word for 'six' (hexa,ἕξ), e.g. in hexagon, a polygon with six corners.

Hex or HEX may also refer to:

Computers and technology [edit]

Hexadecimal, or hex, a base-16 number system often used in computer nomenclature
Hypersonic Flight Experiment, a planned mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation
Intel HEX, a computer file format
Uranium hexafluoride, part of the nuclear fuel refinement process
Heat exchanger, a device for heat transfer

Pow-wow (folk magic), the Pennsylvania German magical system of "hex work"
Hex sign, a barn decoration originating in Pennsylvania Dutch Country of the Northeastern United States

Hex (TV series), a British television programme
Hex (Doctor Who), a character in the Big Finish Productions audio plays based on the television series Doctor Who
Hex, a villain in the Ben 10 franchise
Hex (film), a 1973 film starring Keith Carradine, Gary Busey, Dan Haggerty, and Hillarie Thompson
Jonah Hex (film), a 2010 film based on the DC Comics character
The Hex Girls, a fictitious, gothic girl group in the Scooby-Doo franchise
Stephanie Bendixsen (born 1985), presenter for Australian TV show Good Game known by the gamertag Hex

Hex (Or Printing in the Infernal Method), an album by the band Earth
Hex (album), a 1994 album by the band Bark Psychosis
Hex (VJ group), a British-based multimedia group active in the 1990s, which later became Hexstatic
Hex Hector (born 1965), American dance remixer. He won a Grammy in 2001 for "Best Remixer"
Hex, a 2003 album by the Los Angeles-based rock band Bigelf
Hex, a late 1980s band consisting of Steve Kilbey and Donnette Thayer

A tile of a hex map in wargames
Hex (board game), a board game played on a hexagonal grid, theoretically of any size and several possible shapes, but traditionally as an 11x11 rhombus
Hex (video game), a 1985 computer game for the Amiga and Atari ST
Hex – the Legend of the Towers, a Vekoma Madhouse ride at the Alton Towers Resort, England

Helsinki Stock Exchange
Hexcentric, an item of climbing protection equipment
Hex River, the name of two rivers in South Africa
Hex key, a tool used to drive fasteners; also known as a hex wrench, Allen wrench, hex-head or zeta key
Hexham railway station, Northumberland, England
High energy X-rays, or HEX-rays, very hard X-rays
A telephone hex key is # in Singapore and Malaysia
"The Hex" (short for "Hexagonal"), a nickname for the final round of FIFA World Cup qualification in the CONCACAF region (North and Central America and the Caribbean), which has involved six national teams since the 1998 qualification cycle.