Rex may refer to: *

Rex (title) The Latin title ''rex'' has the meaning of "king, ruler" (monarch). It is derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₃rḗǵs''. Its cognates include Sanskrit ''rājan'', Gothic ''reiks'', and Old Irish ''rí'', etc. Its Greek equivalent is ''archon'' ...

(Latin: king, ruler, monarch), a royal title **

King of Rome The king of Rome ( la, rex Romae) was the ruler of the Roman Kingdom. According to legend, the first king of Rome was Romulus, who founded the city in 753 BC upon the Palatine Hill. Seven legendary kings are said to have ruled Rome until 509 ...

(Latin: Rex Romae), chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom

People

* Rex (given name), for people with the given name * Rex (surname), for people with the surname *

Rex (artist) Rex is a living American artist and illustrator closely associated with homosexual fetish art of 1970s and 1980s New York and San Francisco. He avoids photographs and does not discuss his personal life. His drawings influenced gay culture throug ...

, American gay pornographic artist *

Rex (singer) Li Xinyi (; born 13 March 1998), also known as Rex (), is a Chinese singer and songwriter. He was a contestant in the survival program, '' Produce Camp 2019''. His debut single, Dream with Me, was released at the 2019 Opening Ceremony of the 5t ...

, Li Xinyi (born 1998), Chinese singer and songwriter *

Rex King (wrestler) Timothy Alan Smith (September 8, 1961 – January 9, 2017) was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Rex King and Timothy Well. He wrestled in several promotions, including All Japan Pro Wrestling, World Championship W ...

, Timothy Well (1961–2017), American professional wrestler * Mad Dog Rex, professional wrestler from All-Star Wrestling

Places

Rex, Georgia Rex (also known as Hollingsworth) is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Clayton County, Georgia, Clayton County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. Its elevation is 797 feet (243 m). Although Rex is unincorpor ...

, an unincorporated community in the United States *

Rex, North Carolina Rex is a census-designated place (CDP) in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 55 at the 2010 census, and Rex ranked fourth on the list of the highest-income places in the United States. Geography Rex is located at ( ...

, a census-designated place in the United States *

Rex River The Rex River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. It originates near the crest of the Cascade Mountains and flows northwest to join the Cedar River (Washington), Cedar River in the Chester Morse Lake reservoir. The Ceda ...

, Washington, United States * Mount Rex, an isolated mountain in Antarctica *

Port Rex Technical High School Port Rex Technical High School (Afrikaans: Hoër Tegnise Skool Port Rex) is a public boarding co-educational and day school in Berea, East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It has a rich technical reputation and is one of the ...

, a technical high school in South Africa.

Animals

* ''-rex'', a taxonomic suffix used to describe certain large animals *

Rex (dog) Rex (December 16, 1984 – August 31, 1998) was a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel owned by Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy Reagan, Nancy during his term as President of the United States. Early life Rex was bred by dog breeder Irene Murphy ...

, once owned by Ronald Reagan *

Rex (search and rescue dog) Rex was a dog who received the Dickin Medal in April, 1945 from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service during the Second World War in England. This MAP Civil Defence rescue dog performed "outstanding good work" finding ca ...

, a dog that received a 1945 Dickin Medal for bravery *

Rex (horse) Rex, also known as Rex the Wonder Horse and King of the Wild Horses (born 1916 or 1917) was a Morgan stallion who starred in films and film serials in the 1920s and 1930s. His trainer was Jack "Swede" Lindell, who found him in a boys' school ...

or Rex the Wonder Horse, star of 15 Hollywood motion pictures * Rex rabbit, a breed of rabbit **

Rex mutation The rex mutation is a genetic variation in mammals that results in soft curly fur. These effects are due to changes in the structure of groups of hairs and cross-section of individual hairs. The Rexed coats are unusual but occur (and have b ...

, a type of mutation affecting the fur of the rex rabbit

Transportation

Land

BMW i3 REx The BMW i3 is a B-segment, high-roof hatchback manufactured and marketed by BMW with an electric powertrain using rear-wheel drive via a single-speed transmission and an underfloor lithium-ion battery pack and an optional range-extending pe ...

, range extender variant of the all-electric BMW i3 * Subaru Rex, a Japanese Kei car * Subaru Impreza WRX, a car referred to as "Rex" *

Rex-Acme Rex, Rex Motorcycles, Rex-Acme, (not to be confused with the German manufacturer of similar name) was a car and motorcycle company which began in Birmingham, England in 1900. Rex soon merged with a Coventry maker of bicycles and cars named All ...

, a premier British motorcycle company of early 1900s, originally ''Rex'' * Rex (automobile) of Detroit, c. 1914 * Rex-Simplex and Rex, brand names used by the German company Hering & Richard which produced motor vehicles between 1901 and 1923

Sea

* SS ''Rex'', an Italian luxury ship, sunk by Allied bombers off the coast of Slovenia in 1944 * SS ''Rex'', a floating casino off the coast of Southern California from the late 1930s to the late 1940s, run by mobster Anthony Cornero

Air

* Dudek Rex, a Polish paraglider design * Rex Airlines, an Australian airline * The IATA airport code for the General Lucio Blanco International Airport in Reynosa, Mexico * Reporting name for the Kawanishi N1K Japanese Fighter

Energy and fuels

Rockies Express Pipeline The Rockies Express Pipeline is a long high-pressure natural gas pipeline system from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to eastern Ohio. The pipeline system consists of three sections running through eight states. It is one of the largest natur ...

, a natural gas pipeline built across the United States *

Rex Energy Rex Energy Corporation was a natural gas exploration and production company headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania. In 2018, the company was acquired by PennEnergy Resources. The company's operations were entirely in the Appalachian Basin, ...

, a defunct company engaged in natural gas exploration *

Rex International Holding Limited Rex International Holding is an oil and gas company headquartered in Singapore. The company's main activity is in offshore oil and gas exploration and production in assets located in Oman and Norway. The company owns Rex Virtual Drilling, which ...

, an oil and gas company headquartered in Singapore

Music

* ''Rex'' (musical), a stage musical, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick * Rex (band), an alternative rock band * ''

Rex (Live at the Fillmore) ''Rex (Live at the Fillmore)'' is the thirteenth album by Keller Williams, recorded live on February 8, 2006 at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, Colorado. " Fire On The Mountain" (Garcia, Hunter / Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born Michael Ste ...

'', a 2008 album by Keller Williams, Keith Moseley and Jeff Austin *

Rex Records (disambiguation) Rex Records may refer to: * Rex Records (1912), a United States-based company * Rex Records (1933), a United Kingdom-based company selling through Marks & Spencer department stores * Rex Records (1957), a United States-based company in Holyoke, Mas ...

, several record companies * Rex Orange County, an English recording artist and songwriter

Computing and technology

REX prefix The VEX prefix (from "vector extensions") and VEX coding scheme are an extension to the x86 and x86-64 instruction set architecture for microprocessors from Intel, AMD and others. Features The VEX coding scheme allows the definition of new instr ...

, used by the x86-64 instruction encoding *

Rexx Rexx (Restructured Extended Executor) is a programming language that can be interpreted or compiled. It was developed at IBM by Mike Cowlishaw. It is a structured, high-level programming language designed for ease of learning and reading. ...

(originally named Rex), a computer programming language * REX, an audio file format; see REX2 *

.rex (disambiguation) .rex may refer to: *A file extension used by Rexx scripts *A file extension used by REX2 {{notability, date=January 2014 REX2 is a proprietary type of audio sample loop file format developed by Reason Studios, a Swedish music software compan ...

, file extension used by Rexx scripts and REX2 audio files *

REX 5000 {{Short description, Personal Digital Assistant released by Franklin The Franklin REX 5, (also known as the “Rex-Pro”, as the “Rex 5000”, and with cosmetic variation as the “Rex 5001”) was one of the Rex line of Personal Digital Assis ...

, a series of personal digital assistants *

REX 6000 The REX 6000 is an ultra-thin Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) produced by Xircom, and later Intel, from about 2000 to 2001. Its primary claim to fame is as "The world's smallest full-function PDA", due to its unusual physical configuration as a ...

, a series of personal digital assistants *

Rex (software) (R)?ex or simply Rex is an open source remote execution, configuration management and software deployment tool. It combines Perl and Secure Shell (SSH) for a portable, centralistic approach to its problem domain. ''Rex'' is an acronym for "Re ...

, a remote execution, configuration management and software deployment system * ''Rex'' (video game), a 1988 game for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC *

REX OS Rex may refer to: * Rex (title) (Latin: king, ruler, monarch), a royal title ** King of Rome (Latin: Rex Romae), chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom People * Rex (given name), for people with the given name * Rex (surname), for people with t ...

, a real-time operating system developed by Qualcomm *

Samsung REX The Samsung REX series is a range of Samsung smartphones and feature phones, ranging from low to mid-end phones, running a Java-based operating system with Samsung's TouchWiz user interface. It was one of the Samsung line of devices that are aimed a ...

, a series of affordable feature phones * REX, an abbreviation for " request to exit", a push-button or motion detector used for access control

Fictional characters

Film

Rex Lewis Cobra Commander is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' franchise. He is the supreme leader of the terrorist organization Cobra (G.I. Joe), Cobra and the archenemy of the G.I. Joe Team. He was por ...

, a character from ''G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'' * Rex Manning, the former 80s pop idol in the 1995 film ''

Empire Records ''Empire Records'' is a 1995 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Allan Moyle, starring Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Debi Mazar, Rory Cochrane, Johnny Whitworth, Robin Tunney, Renée Zellweger, and Liv Tyler. The fil ...

'' * Rex (''Toy Story''), a toy dinosaur character from Disney/Pixar's ''Toy Story'' series * Rex, the sheepdog from the 1995 Academy Award-winning film '' Babe'' * Rex, a Tyrannosaurus Rex, a character in animated film '' We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story'' * Rex Kwon Do, a martial arts choreographer in the 2004 cult film '' Napoleon Dynamite'' * Rex, Lori's boss in the film ''

Ted TED may refer to: Economics and finance * TED spread between U.S. Treasuries and Eurodollar Education * ''Türk Eğitim Derneği'', the Turkish Education Association ** TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, Turkey ** Transvaal Education Depa ...

'' *

Rex Motion Picture Company Rex Motion Picture Company was an early film production company in the United States. History After Edwin S. Porter's short-lived ''Defender Film Company'' failed, The Rex Motion Picture Company was established by Edwin S. Porter, Joseph Engel, a ...

, was an early film production company in the United States from 1910 into 1917 * ''Rex'' (film), alternative name for ''Megan Leavey'', 2017

Animated television series

Rex Banner "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" is the eighteenth episode of the The Simpsons (season 8), eighth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network in the Unite ...

, a one-time character in ''The Simpsons'' appearing in the episode "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" * Rex Raptor, a recurring character in the 4kids version of ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine between September 1996 and March 2004. The plot follows the story of a boy named Yugi Mutou, w ...

'' * Rex Salazar, the main title character from the animated show ''

Generator Rex ''Generator Rex'' is an American animated science fiction television series created by Man of Action for Cartoon Network, with John Fang of Cartoon Network Studios serving as supervising director. It was inspired by the comic '' M. Rex'', publish ...

'' * Rex, the title character in the claymation series ''

Rex the Runt ''Rex the Runt'' is a British live-action stop-motion animated claymation pixilation adult comedy series, primarily consisting of a television show and two short films produced by Aardman Animations for BBC Bristol in association with EVA Entert ...

'' * Captain Rex, the clone trooper captain who served as General Anakin Skywalker's second-in-command in the series ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars''

Live-action television series

* Rex Balsom, a character on the soap opera ''One Life to Live'' * Rex Brady, a character on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' * Rex Buckland, a character in the series ''

Charmed ''Charmed'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television, with Brad Kern serving as showrunner. The series was originally broadcast ...

'' * Rex (police dog), a fictional character from the police drama television series ''Inspector Rex'' * ''Rex'' (Slovak TV series), a 2017 series based on the Austrian original *

Rex Van de Kamp Dr. Rex Van de Kamp is a fictional character on the ABC television series ''Desperate Housewives''. The character is played by actor Steven Culp, and is the first and late husband of one of the series' protagonists, Bree Van de Kamp (portrayed by ...

, a character in the series ''Desperate Housewives'' *

Rex Britten Rex David Britten is a fictional main character in the American police procedural drama television series ''Awake''. He is portrayed by Dylan Minnette. The character first appeared in "Pilot" and last appeared in " Turtles All the Way Down". He ap ...

, a character in the series ''Awake'' * Rex Powers, a dummy in the series ''

Victorious ''Victorious'' (stylized as ''VICTORiOUS'') is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider (TV producer), Dan Schneider that originally aired on Nickelodeon, debuting on March 27, 2010, and concluding on February 2, 2013 after four seasons. Th ...

'' * Rex, a canine character in the Canadian police procedural drama series ''

Hudson & Rex ''Hudson & Rex'' is a Canadian police procedural drama television series, based on the Austrian-Italian drama ''Kommissar Rex''. It premiered on Citytv on March 25, 2019. Filming commenced in October 2018, with ongoing production in St. John's, N ...

Other fiction

* Rex (''NX Files''), a character in the action adventure web-show ''NX Files'' * Metal Gear REX, a mecha from the video game ''Metal Gear Solid'' *

Rex the Wonder Dog Rex the Wonder Dog is a fictional superhero dog in the DC Comics universe. Created in 1952 by Robert Kanigher of Wonder Woman fame and artist Alex Toth, Rex has sometimes been compared to Superman's dog Krypto, who was created three years later ...

, a DC Comics superhero dog * '' Rex Morgan, M.D.'', a comic strip and its title character * Rex, the main protagonist and player character from the video game '' Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' * Lord Rex, a super evolve Vivosaur character from the sequel video game '' Fossil Fighters: Champions'' * Rex Mason, a DC Comics superhero known as Metamorpho

Other uses

* Rex parade, of the Carnival season in New Orleans ** Rex, king of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Carnival *

Rex Architecture P.C. REX (previously known as OMA New York) is an architecture and design firm based in New York City, whose name signifies a re-appraisal (RE) of architecture (X). Seminal projects include the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in Dallas, Texas; the Vakk ...

, an architecture and design firm based in New York City, United States *

Rex 84 Rex 84, short for Readiness Exercise 1984, was a classified scenario and drill developed by the United States federal government to detain large numbers of United States citizens deemed to be "national security threats" in the event that the presi ...

, a plan by the United States to test their ability to detain large numbers of American citizens *

Rex (chair) The "REX" Chair is a Slovenian wood chair design that is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art MOMA in New York City and was designed by Slovene architect and designer Niko Kralj (1920-2013) in 1952. In 2012, it was given a per ...

, a foldable chair * Rex, the dinosaur mascot of the Calgary Dinos athletic teams at the University of Calgary *

MP412 REX The MP-412 REX (Revolver for Export; russian: MP-412 РЕКС) was a Russian double-action/single-action revolver designed by the state-owned Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (IZHMEKH), with a break-action chamber and an automatic ejector, chambered for ...

, a Russian handgun * REX, the Regents External Degree program, a former name of Excelsior College *

Rex Center The Rex Center was an arena and entertainment center in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts, existing from 1933 to 1960. Entrepreneur and car dealer Charles Dancause created the Rex, which opened in 1933 in a renovated mill building, the old Prescott D ...

, a former building in Lowell, Massachusetts *

Oligosaccharide reducing-end xylanase Oligosaccharide reducing-end xylanase (, ''Rex'', ''reducing end xylose-releasing exo-oligoxylanase'') is an enzyme with systematic name ''beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1->4)-beta-D-xylopyranose reducing-end xylanase''. This enzyme catalyses the followin ...

, an enzyme *

REX (New Horizons) REX or Radio Science Experiment is an experiment on the ''New Horizons'' space probe to determine various aspects of the atmosphere of Pluto during the 2015 flyby. Experiment Experiment was designed with several goals including determination o ...

, a radio science experiment on the Pluto flyby space probe