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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>hex</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../H.html" title="H"/><link rel="previous" href="hello--wall-.html" title="hello, wall!"/><link rel="next" href="hexadecimal.html" title="hexadecimal"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">hex</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hello--wall-.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">H</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="hexadecimal.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="hex"/><dt xmlns="" id="hex"><b>hex</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Short for <a href="hexadecimal.html"><i class="glossterm">hexadecimal</i></a>, base 16. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. A 6-pack of anything (compare <a href="../Q/quad.html"><i class="glossterm">quad</i></a>, sense
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2). Neither usage has anything to do with <a href="../M/magic.html"><i class="glossterm">magic</i></a> or
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<a href="../B/black-art.html"><i class="glossterm">black art</i></a>, though the pun is appreciated and
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occasionally used by hackers. True story: As a joke, some hackers once
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offered some surplus ICs for sale to be worn as protective amulets against
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hostile magic. The chips were, of course, hex inverters.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hello--wall-.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../H.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="hexadecimal.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">hello, wall! </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> hexadecimal</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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