Vex or VEX may refer to:

Technology

VEX prefix The VEX prefix (from "vector extensions") and VEX coding scheme are an extension to the IA-32 and x86-64 instruction set architecture for microprocessors from Intel, AMD and others. Features The VEX coding scheme allows the definition of new ins ...

, a microprocessor opcode prefix and coding scheme for the x64 and x86 instruction set architecture * Vex, a scripting language in the software

Houdini Erik Weisz (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), known professionally as Harry Houdini ( ), was a Hungarian-American escapologist, illusionist, and stunt performer noted for his escape acts. Houdini first attracted notice in vaudeville in ...

Venus Express ''Venus Express'' (VEX) was the first Venus exploration mission of the European Space Agency (ESA). Launched in November 2005, it arrived at Venus in April 2006 and began continuously sending back science data from its polar orbit around Venus. ...

, a European Space Agency space mission to the planet Venus * ''Vex'', a suborbital test

Tronador Tronador () is an extinct stratovolcano in the southern Andes, located along the border between Argentina and Chile, near the Argentine city of Bariloche. The mountain was named ''Tronador'' ( Spanish for "Thunderer") by locals in reference to ...

rocket in development by Argentina *

VEX Robotics VEX Robotics is a robotics program for elementary through university students and a subset of Innovation First International. The VEX Robotics competitions and programs are managed by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation (RECF). In Apri ...

, a robotics program for elementary through university students * Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange, an industry standard for describing software vulnerabilities and their exploitability.

Fiction

*Voltayre's Encyclopedia Xenobiologica, a fictional guide to the 1994 ''

Babylon 5 ''Babylon 5'' is an American space opera television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski, under the Babylonian Productions label, in association with Straczynski's Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Warner Bros. Domestic Tel ...

'' universe *Vex, a character in the 2010 Canadian television series ''

Lost Girl ''Lost Girl'' is a Canadian supernatural drama television series that premiered on Showcase on September 12, 2010, and ran for five seasons. It follows the life of a bisexual succubus named Bo, played by Anna Silk, as she learns to control ...

'' *Vex, a character in the 2011 video game ''

Darkspore ''Darkspore'' is a video game that borrowed creature editing technology from ''Spore''. It was described as "a fast-paced, science fiction action role-playing game in which the player battled across alien worlds to save the galaxy from the muta ...

'' *Vex, a character in the 2011 video game '' The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'' *The Vex, a race of semi-organic machines and one of the four alien enemy factions found in the 2014 video game ''

Destiny Destiny, sometimes also called fate (), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often used interchangeably, the words ''fate'' and ''destiny'' ...

'' *Vex'ahlia "Vex" de Rolo, a half-elven ranger / rogue character in the 2015 American web series ''

Critical Role ''Critical Role'' is an American web series in which a group of professional voice actors play ''Dungeons & Dragons''. The show started streaming partway through the cast's first campaign in March 2015. Campaign one ended in October 2017 aft ...

'' where professional voice actors play the role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' *Vex, a mob from ''

Minecraft ''Minecraft'' is a 2011 sandbox game developed and published by the Swedish video game developer Mojang Studios. Originally created by Markus Persson, Markus "Notch" Persson using the Java (programming language), Java programming language, the ...

'' summoned by Evokers. *Vex, The Gloomist, a playable champion character in the MOBA video game ''

League of Legends ''League of Legends'' (''LoL'', commonly referred to as ''League'', is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a Mod (video games), custom map for ''Warcraf ...

'' * Vex ''(Ninjago)'', a character in ''Ninjago''

Other uses

* ''Vex'' (album), by Steel Pulse *

Vex, Switzerland Vex is a municipality and capital of the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Geography Vex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 32.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 47.5% is forested. Of the rest of ...

, a municipality *

Ulorin Vex Christiane Shillito, known professionally as Ulorin Vex and Malady Charlotina, is an English alternative model and illustrator based in Los Angeles, California. Her extensive list of credits include dozens of magazine features and covers, ad ca ...

, English model * ''Vex'' (brachiopod), a

brachiopod Brachiopods (), phylum (biology), phylum Brachiopoda, are a phylum of animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinged at the rear e ...

genus; See

List of brachiopod genera This is a list of brachiopod genera which includes both Extinction, extinct (fossil) forms and Extant taxon, extant (living) genera (bolded). Names are according to the conventions of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. A *''Aal ...

Virgin Express N.V. Virgin Express S.A. was a Belgian airline created within the Virgin Group. It operated flights mainly to southern Europe from its hub at Brussels Airport. Ticket sales were mainly through the Internet. The airline merged with SN Brussels ...

, a European airline, now merged into Brussels Airlines

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