Flex or FLEX may refer to:

Computing

* Flex (language), developed by Alan Kay *

FLEX (operating system) FLEX is a discontinued single-tasking operating system developed by Technical Systems Consultants (TSC) of West Lafayette, Indiana, for the Motorola 6800 in 1976. Overview The original version was distributed on 8" floppy disks; the (smaller) v ...

, a single-tasking operating system for the Motorola 6800 * FlexOS, an operating system developed by Digital Research *

FLEX (protocol) FLEX is a communications protocol developed by Motorola and used in many pagers. FLEX provides one-way communication only (from the provider to the pager device), but a related protocol called ReFLEX provides two-way messaging. Protocol Tran ...

, a communication protocol for pagers * Flex, a family of automatic test equipment produced by Teradyne * FLEx, a piece of software used in language documentation *

Apache Flex Apache Flex, formerly Adobe Flex, is a software development kit (SDK) for the development and deployment of cross-platform rich web applications based on the Adobe Flash platform. Initially developed by Macromedia and then acquired by Adobe System ...

, formerly Adobe Flex, technologies for developing rich internet applications *

Flex (lexical analyser generator) Flex (fast lexical analyzer generator) is a free and open-source software alternative to lex. It is a computer program that generates lexical analyzers (also known as "scanners" or "lexers"). It is frequently used as the lex implementation togeth ...

, a lexical analyser generator and a free software alternative to lex * Flex machine, a computer developed by RSRE in the 1980s *

CSS Flexible Box Layout CSS Flexible Box Layout, commonly known as Flexbox, is a CSS 3 web layout model. It is in the W3C's candidate recommendation (CR) stage. The flex layout allows responsive elements within a container to be automatically arranged depending ...

, commonly known as Flexbox, a CSS 3 web layout model

Science and technology

* Bending, also known as flexure, as used in mechanics * Flexion, in anatomy, a position made possible by the joint angle decreasing * Femtosecond Lenticule EXtraction, a form of refractive eye surgery *

Flex circuit Flexible electronics, also known as ''flex circuits'', is a technology for assembling electronic circuits by mounting electronic devices on flexible plastic substrates, such as polyimide, PEEK or transparent conductive polyester film. Addit ...

, a flexible printed circuit used in electronic assemblies *

FLEX mission The FLuorescence EXplorer (FLEX) is a planned mission by the European Space Agency to launch a satellite to monitor the global steady-state chlorophyll fluorescence in terrestrial vegetation. FLEX was selected for funding on 19 November 2015 and ...

, a future satellite launch mission by the European Space Agency *

Flex temp Flex temp is a technique used to produce cost savings through increased engine life and reduced overhaul and fuel costs for airliners by allowing them to takeoff, take-off at less than rated thrust. For Airbus and Fokker aircraft the technique is k ...

, a reduced takeoff thrust setting which trades excess performance for reduced engine wear * Flex-fuel, a

flexible-fuel vehicle A flexible-fuel vehicle (FFV) or dual-fuel vehicle (colloquially called a flex-fuel vehicle) is an alternative fuel vehicle with an internal combustion engine designed to run on more than one fuel, usually gasoline blended with either ethanol o ...

Inflection point In differential calculus and differential geometry, an inflection point, point of inflection, flex, or inflection (British English: inflexion) is a point on a smooth plane curve at which the curvature changes sign. In particular, in the case of ...

, of a curve in geometry * Power cord, or flex, a flexible electrical cable

Music

* ''Flex'' (album), Lene Lovich's 1979 second album * ''Flex'' (EP) a 2003 EP by Pitch Black * "Flex" (Dizzee Rascal song), 2007 * "Flex" (Mad Cobra song), 1992 * "Flex" (Polo G song), 2020 * " Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)", a 2015 song by Rich Homie Quan * Flex, a break in the

recitation tone In chant, a reciting tone (also called a recitation tone) can refer to either a repeated musical pitch or to the entire melodic formula for which that pitch is a structural note. In Gregorian chant, the first is also called tenor, dominant or tuba, ...

before the mediation in

Gregorian chant Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song in Latin (and occasionally Greek) of the Roman Catholic Church. Gregorian chant developed mainly in western and central Europe durin ...

*A "flex" in a "flex bar", a technique used in battle rap.

Organizations

* Flex (club), a nightclub in Vienna, Austria * Flex (company) (NASDAQ symbol: FLEX), a contract electronics maker based in Singapore * Flex FM, a London-based radio station * Flex-Elektrowerkzeuge, a German producer of power tools * Flex Linhas Aéreas, a Brazilian regional airline

People

Flex (singer) Félix Danilo Gómez Bosquez (born August 29, 1980), known by his stage names Flex and Nigga, is a Panamanian reggaeton singer and songwriter. He adopted the name '' Nigga'' after being told by another Panamanian artist that he "sings like a blac ...

, Félix Danilo Gómez (born 1974), Panamanian singer * Flex Alexander, Mark Alexander Knox (b. 1970), an American actor and comedian * Funkmaster Flex, Aston George Taylor Jr (b. 1968), an American hip hop DJ * Walter Flex (1887–1917), German author

Other uses

Amazon Flex Prime Now, LLC is a subsidiary of Amazon that oversees its same-day grocery shopping and delivery service. The name also originated a brand, including a custom app, to distinguish the service from Amazon's other offerings, but both the branding a ...

, a platform for gig workers performing deliveries for

Amazon Amazon most often refers to: * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon (company), an American multinational technology c ...

Flex (comics) Flex (Adrian Corbo) is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a former member of the superhero team Alpha Flight, but later got downgraded to Beta Flight. Fictional character biogr ...

, a fictional superhero * ''Flex'' (film), a commercial/short film by English director Chris Cunningham * ''Flex'' (magazine), an American bodybuilding magazine * ''Flex'' (TV program), a 2021 Philippine variety show *

Fleet Landing Exercises The Fleet Landing Exercises, or FLEX were amphibious landing exercises conducted by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps between 1935 and 1941. The purpose of these exercises was to formulate a workable amphibious warfare doctrine ...

, a series of landing exercises conducted by the Fleet Marine Force, a combined-United States Navy/Marine landing force *

Flex Your Rights Flex Your Rights (Flex) is a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit organization that aims to educate the public about how basic Bill of Rights protections apply during encounters with law enforcement. To accomplish this, Flex Your Rights creates and dis ...

, a civil-liberties non-profit based in Washington DC, US *

Ford Flex The Ford Flex is a full-size crossover SUV or wagon that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company; a single generation was produced from the 2009 to 2019 model years. Introduced as the successor to the Ford Taurus X, the model line also funct ...