Tex may refer to:
People and fictional characters
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Tex (nickname) Tex is a nickname, sometimes used for someone from the U.S. state of Texas.
People
*Robert Allen (actor) (1906–1998), American film actor
*Tex Austin (1886–1938), American rodeo promoter
*Tex Avery (1908–1980), American animator, cartoonist, ...
, a list of people and fictional characters with the nickname
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Joe Tex (1933–1982), stage name of American soul singer Joseph Arrington Jr.
Entertainment
* ''Tex'', the Italian comic book series by
Sergio Bonelli Editore
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''Tex'' (novel) (1979), by S.E. Hinton
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''Tex'' (film), a 1982 film based on S.E. Hinton's novel, starring Matt Dillon
* Tex, the robot mascot for the American audio company
THX
THX Ltd. is an American company that develops the eponymous high fidelity audio/visual reproduction standards for movie theaters, screening rooms, home theaters, computer speakers, gaming consoles, car audio systems, and video games. Founded ...
Computing
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TeX, a typesetting system created by Donald Knuth and released in 1978
**.tex, a file extension for TeX and
LaTeX
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Text Executive Programming Language
In 1979, Honeywell Information Systems announced a new programming language for their time-sharing service named TEX, an acronym for the Text Executive text processing system. TEX was a first-generation scripting language developed around the time ...
, introduced by Honeywell in 1979
Other uses
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TEX (explosive)
TEX (chemical name 4,10-dinitro-2,6,8,12-tetraoxa-4,10-diazatetracyclo .5.0.05,9.03,11dodecane) is a dense (ρ = 1.985 g cm−3) nitramine high explosive, that derives from the very powerful and sensitive high explosive CL-20. Though related to CL ...
, an explosive chemical compound
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Tex (unit)
Textile fibers, threads, yarns and fabrics are measured in a multiplicity of units.
* A fiber, a single filament of natural material, such as cotton, linen or wool, or artificial material such as nylon, polyester, metal or mineral fiber, or man-m ...
, a unit of measure for the linear mass density of fibers
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Nestlé Tex
Nestlé Tex, stylised as TEX, is a South African candy bar made by Nestlé.
Overview
Tex was created in around 1955 by Rowntree's, and first sold in Canada (around the same time as Coffee Crisp). The bar combines the aerated chocolate of Aero w ...
, a South African chocolate bar
*IATA airport code for
Telluride Regional Airport
Telluride Regional Airport is a public airport six miles west of Telluride, in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. It is owned by the Telluride Regional Airport Authority. At an elevation of 9,078 feet (2767 m) above sea level, it was ...
See also
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Big Tex
Big Tex is a tall figure and marketing icon of the annual State Fair of Texas held at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. The figure has become a cultural icon of Dallas and Texas. Since 1952 Big Tex has served as a cultural ambassador to visitors, and ...
, the icon of the annual State Fair of Texas
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Textainer Group Holdings, whose shipping containers are labeled "tex"
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Tekes (disambiguation)
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