Hex or HEX may refer to:

Magic

* Hex, a curse or supposed real and potentially supernaturally realized malicious wish * Hex sign, a barn decoration originating in Pennsylvania Dutch regions of the United States * Hex work, a Pennsylvania Dutch (German) folk magic system also known as pow-wow

Web colors

* Hex triplet, a six-digit, three-byte hexadecimal number used in computing applications to represent colors

Engineering and technology

* Hex key, a tool also known as a hex wrench or Allen wrench, used to drive fasteners * Hex key, a number sign (#) key on telephones (regional term used in Singapore and Malaysia) *

High-energy X-rays High-energy X-rays or HEX-rays are very hard X-rays, with typical energies of 80–1000 keV (1 MeV), about one order of magnitude higher than conventional X-rays used for X-ray crystallography (and well into gamma-ray energies over 120 k ...

, sometimes abbreviated "HEX-rays" *

Hexadecimal In mathematics and computing, the hexadecimal (also base-16 or simply hex) numeral system is a positional numeral system that represents numbers using a radix (base) of 16. Unlike the decimal system representing numbers using 10 symbols, hexa ...

, a base-16 number system often used in computer nomenclature *

Hexcentric A hex is an item of rock-climbing equipment used to protect climbers from falls. They are intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock, and do not require a hammer to place. They were developed as an alternative to pitons, whic ...

, an item of climbing protection equipment * Heat exchanger, a device for heat transfer *

Hypersonic Flight Experiment Hypersonic Flight Experiment or HEX was the first test flight in the RLV Technology Demonstration Programme of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The demonstration trials will pave the way for a two-stage-to-orbit (TSTO) fully re-usab ...

, a planned mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation *

Intel HEX Intel hexadecimal object file format, Intel hex format or Intellec Hex is a file format that conveys binary information in ASCII text form. It is commonly used for programming microcontrollers, EPROMs, and other types of programmable logic devi ...

, a computer file format *

Uranium hexafluoride Uranium hexafluoride (), (sometimes called "hex") is an inorganic compound with the formula UF6. Uranium hexafluoride is a volatile white solid that reacts with water, releasing corrosive hydrofluoric acid. The compound reacts mildly with alumin ...

, a compound used in nuclear fuel refinement

Businesses and services

* Hex'Air, an airline based in southern France * Heathrow Express, a train service in London * Helsinki Stock Exchange

Games and sport

* Hex, a hexagonal tile of a hex map, used in war and strategy board games * ''Hex'' (board game), a mathematical strategy game played on a hexagonal grid or rhombus * Hex (climbing), an item of rock climbing equipment used to arrest a fall * ''Hex'' (video game), a 1985 computer game for the Amiga and Atari ST * '' Hex: Shards of Fate'', an MMO trading card game by Cryptozoic Entertainment * Hex – The Legend of the Towers, a Vekoma Madhouse ride at the Alton Towers Resort, England * The

Hexagonal (CONCACAF) In association football, the term Hexagonal (known in English as ''The Hex'') was often used to refer to the final round of FIFA World Cup qualification among the six remaining teams in CONCACAF. The six-team round robin format was used by CONCACAF ...

, final round of FIFA World Cup qualifiers for North America, Central America, and the Caribbean * ''The Hex'', a 2018 computer game by the creator of ''

Pony Island ''Pony Island'' is a video game developed and published by Canadian indie developer Daniel Mullins. As a metafictional game, the game has the player interact with what appears to be an old arcade cabinet game called "''Pony Island''". The playe ...

Places

* Hex River, a tributary of the Breede River in South Africa * Hex River, a tributary of the Elands River in South Africa * Hexham railway station, Northumberland, England

Arts and media

Books

* ''Hex'' (1998 novel), a dystopian novel for young adults by Rhiannon Lassiter * ''Hex'', a 2011 science fiction novel by

Allen Steele Allen Mulherin Steele, Jr. (born January 19, 1958) is an American journalist and science fiction author. Background Steele was born in Nashville, Tennessee on January 19, 1958. He was introduced to science fiction fandom attending meetings o ...

* ''HEX'' (2013 novel), a Dutch horror novel by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, published in English in 2016

Fictional characters

* Hex (''Ben 10''), a villain in the ''Ben 10'' franchise * Hex (Discworld), a computer in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' novels *

Hex Schofield This is a list of fictional characters who were companions of the Doctor, in various spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series, '' Doctor Who''. A Amy Amy, portrayed by Ciara Janson, is a compani ...

, a companion of the Seventh Doctor in a series of ''Doctor Who'' audio plays * Hex, an illusionist and escapologist in the Marvel Comics series '' ClanDestine'' * Hex, an undead dark elf necromancer in the Netflix animated series ''

Skylanders Academy ''Skylanders Academy'' is a computer-animated streaming television series produced by TeamTO and Activision Blizzard Studios based on the ''Skylanders'' series. The first season debuted on Netflix on October 28, 2016. A trailer for the series d ...

'' * HEX, an evil organization in the novel '' InterWorld'' * Jonah Hex, a DC Comics character * The Hex Girls, a fictitious musical group in the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise

Film and television

* HEX, in '' WandaVision'' is a nickname for the city of Westview * ''Hex'' (1973 film), a 1973 film starring Keith Carradine, Gary Busey, Dan Haggerty, and Hillarie Thompson * ''Hex'', a 1980 Hong Kong film directed by Kuei Chih-Hung * ''Hex'' (2015 film), a 2015 film directed by Clarence Peters * ''Hex'', a 2018 film directed by

Rudolf Buitendach Rudolf Buitendach (or Rudolf B.) is a South African born film director and editor. Works His short ''Indoor Fireworks'' produced by Sleevemonkey Films was the world's first fully uncompressed film shot on the legendary Viper filmstream camera an ...

* ''Hex'' (TV series), a 2004–2005 supernatural/horror drama on British television * ''Jonah Hex'' (film), a 2010 film based on a DC Comics character * ''

Mr. Hex ''Mr. Hex'' is a 1946 film directed by William Beaudine and starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. It is the fifth film in the series. Plot The boys are trying to raise money for their friend Gloria. She has to give up her aspiring singin ...

'', a 1946 Bowery Boys comedy film *

Stephanie Bendixsen Stephanie Claire Bendixsen (born 31 March 1985) is an Australian video game critic, author, and is best known as one of the former presenters of the video game television programs '' Good Game'' and '' Good Game: Spawn Point'', where she went by ...

(born 1985), presenter for Australian TV show ''Good Game'', known by the gamertag Hex

Music

Musical artists

* Hex, an indie rock duo formed in 1988 by Steve Kilbey and Donnette Thayer *

Hex (VJ group) Hex, or Hex Media, were a London-based multimedia group founded in the early 1990s by artist Robert Pepperell, coder Miles Visman and the DJ duo Coldcut. The group set out to exploit the creative potential of, what was then, the new media techno ...

, a British-based multimedia group active in the 1990s which later became Hexstatic * Hex Hector (born 1965), American dance remixer

Songs and albums

* ''Hex'' (Hex album), 1989, by the indie rock duo Hex * ''Hex'' (Bark Psychosis album), 1994 *

Hex (Poison Girls album) ''Hex'' is the debut studio album by English anarcho-punk band Poison Girls, released in 1979 by record label Small Wonder. In a 2016 retrospective article following the death of Vi Subversa, ''The Independent'' considered the album "essentia ...

* ''Hex'', a 2003 album by the Los Angeles-based rock band

Bigelf Bigelf is an American progressive rock/progressive metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1991. They have since released four studio albums. Biography Bigelf were formed as a psychedelic/ glam-tinged hard rock outfit in 1991 in Los Angeles, Calif ...

* ''

Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method ''Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method'' is the fourth full-length studio album by American drone doom band Earth. Background Marking a new direction the band would follow in years to come, ''Hex'' stands in stark contrast to Earth's previous ...

'', a 2005 album by the band Earth * "Hex" (song), by Rezz and 1788-L * "Hex", a 2014 song co-written by Wax Motif and Tommy Trash