# Flex

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**Flex** or **FLEX** may refer to:

## Computing

- [Apache Flex](/source/Apache_Flex), formerly Adobe Flex, technologies for developing rich internet applications
- [Flex (language)](/source/Flex_(language)), developed by Alan Kay
- [FLEX (operating system)](/source/FLEX_(operating_system)), a single-tasking operating system for the Motorola 6800
- [FlexOS](/source/FlexOS), an operating system developed by Digital Research
- [FLEX (protocol)](/source/FLEX_(protocol)), a communication protocol for pagers
- FLEx, a [piece of software used in language documentation](/source/Language_documentation_tools_and_methods#FLEx)
- [Flex (lexical analyser generator)](/source/Flex_(lexical_analyser_generator)), a lexical analyser generator and a free software alternative to lex
- [Flex machine](/source/Flex_machine), a computer developed by RSRE in the 1980s
- [CSS Flexible Box Layout](/source/CSS_Flexible_Box_Layout), commonly known as Flexbox, a CSS 3 web layout model

## Science and technology

- [Bending](/source/Bending), also known as flexure, as used in mechanics
- [Flexion](/source/Flexion), in anatomy, a position made possible by the joint angle decreasing
- [Femtosecond Lenticule EXtraction](/source/Femtosecond_Lenticule_EXtraction), a form of refractive eye surgery
- [Flex circuit](/source/Flex_circuit), a flexible printed circuit used in electronic assemblies
- [FLEX mission](/source/FLEX_mission), a future satellite launch mission by the European Space Agency
- [Astrolab FLEX rover](/source/Astrolab_FLEX_rover), a robotic lunar rover.
- [Flex temp](/source/Flex_temp), a reduced takeoff thrust setting which trades excess performance for reduced engine wear
- Flex-fuel, a [flexible-fuel vehicle](/source/Flexible-fuel_vehicle)
- [Inflection point](/source/Inflection_point), of a curve in geometry
- [Power cord](/source/Power_cord), or flex, a flexible electrical cable

## Music

### Artists

- [Flex (singer)](/source/Flex_(singer)), Félix Danilo Gómez (born 1974)
- [Funkmaster Flex](/source/Funkmaster_Flex) (born 1968), American DJ and music producer

### Albums and EPs

- [*Flex* (album)](/source/Flex_(album)), by Lene Lovich, 1979
- [*Flex* (EP)](/source/Flex_(EP)), by Pitch Black, 2003

### Songs

- ["Flex" (Dizzee Rascal song)](/source/Flex_(Dizzee_Rascal_song)), 2007
- ["Flex" (Mad Cobra song)](/source/Flex_(Mad_Cobra_song)), 1992
- ["Flex" (Polo G song)](/source/Flex_(Polo_G_song)), 2020
- "Flex", by [TFN](/source/TFN_(boy_band)), 2021
- "Flex", by [Shygirl](/source/Shygirl) and Bambii from *Club Shy Room 2*, 2025
- "[Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)](/source/Flex_(Ooh,_Ooh,_Ooh))", by Rich Homie Quan, 2015

### Other uses in music

- Flex, a break in the [recitation tone](/source/Recitation_tone) before the mediation in [Gregorian chant](/source/Gregorian_chant)
- A "flex" in a "flex bar", a technique used in [battle rap](/source/Battle_rap)

## Organizations

- [Flex Ltd.](/source/Flex_Ltd.), a software company, previously known as Flextronics
- [Flex (club)](/source/Flex_(club)), a nightclub in Vienna, Austria
- [Flex (company)](/source/Flex_(company)) (NASDAQ symbol: FLEX), a contract electronics maker based in Singapore
- [Flex FM](/source/Flex_FM), a London-based radio station
- [Flex-Elektrowerkzeuge](/source/Flex-Elektrowerkzeuge), a German producer of power tools
- [Flex Linhas Aéreas](/source/Flex_Linhas_A%C3%A9reas), a Brazilian regional airline

## People

- [Flex Alexander](/source/Flex_Alexander), Mark Alexander Knox (b. 1970), an American actor and comedian
- [Flex Wheeler](/source/Flex_Wheeler) (born 1965), American bodybuilder
- [Walter Flex](/source/Walter_Flex) (1887–1917), German author

## Other uses

- [Amazon Flex](/source/Amazon_Flex), a platform for gig workers performing deliveries for [Amazon](/source/Amazon_(company))
- [ChromeOS Flex](/source/ChromeOS_Flex), an operating system maintained by [Google](/source/Google) that is based on [ChromeOS](/source/ChromeOS)
- [Flex (comics)](/source/Flex_(comics)), a fictional superhero
- [*Flex* (film)](/source/Flex_(film)), a commercial/short film by English director Chris Cunningham
- [*Flex* (magazine)](/source/Flex_(magazine)), an American bodybuilding magazine
- [*Flex* (TV program)](/source/Flex_(TV_program)), a 2021 Philippine variety show
- FlexAccount, the main [current account](/source/Current_account_(banking)) offered by [Nationwide Building Society](/source/Nationwide_Building_Society) since 1985
- [Flextime](/source/Flextime), a flexible working arrangement
- [Fleet Landing Exercises](/source/Fleet_Landing_Exercises), a series of landing exercises conducted by the Fleet Marine Force, a combined-United States Navy/Marine landing force
- [Flex Your Rights](/source/Flex_Your_Rights), a civil-liberties non-profit based in Washington DC, US
- [Ford Flex](/source/Ford_Flex), a crossover SUV produced from 2009-2019
- [Future Leaders Exchange](/source/Future_Leaders_Exchange), an American student exchange program for high school students from the former Soviet Union

## See also

- [Bend (disambiguation)](/source/Bend_(disambiguation))
- [Flexible (disambiguation)](/source/Flexible_(disambiguation))
- [Flexing (disambiguation)](/source/Flexing_(disambiguation))

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