# Hex

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'''Hex''' usually refers to:

* A [curse](/source/curse) or supposed real and potentially supernaturally realized malicious wish
* [Hexadecimal](/source/Hexadecimal), a base-16 number system often used in computer nomenclature

'''Hex''', '''HEX''', or '''The Hex''' may also refer to:

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== Magic ==
* [Hex sign](/source/Hex_sign), a barn decoration originating in Pennsylvania Dutch regions of the United States
* Hex work, a Pennsylvania Dutch (German) folk magic system also known as [pow-wow](/source/pow-wow_(folk_magic))

== Engineering and technology ==
* [Hex key](/source/Hex_key), a tool also known as a hex wrench or Allen wrench, used to drive fasteners
* Hex key, a [number sign](/source/number_sign) (#) key on telephones (regional term used in Singapore and Malaysia) 
* [High-energy X-rays](/source/High-energy_X-rays), sometimes abbreviated "HEX-rays"
* [Hexcentric](/source/Hexcentric), an item of climbing protection equipment
* [Heat exchanger](/source/Heat_exchanger), a device for heat transfer
* [Hypersonic Flight Experiment](/source/Hypersonic_Flight_Experiment), a planned mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation
* [Intel HEX](/source/Intel_HEX), a computer file format
* [Uranium hexafluoride](/source/Uranium_hexafluoride), a compound used in nuclear fuel refinement
* [Hex color](/source/Hex_color), a six-digit, three-byte hexadecimal number used in computing applications to represent colors

== Businesses and services ==
* [Hex'Air](/source/Hex'Air), an airline based in southern France
* [Heathrow Express](/source/Heathrow_Express), a train service in London
* [Nasdaq Helsinki](/source/Nasdaq_Helsinki), formerly the Helsinki Stock Exchange

== Games and sport ==
* Hex, a hexagonal tile of a [hex map](/source/hex_map), used in war and strategy board games
* [Hex (board game)](/source/Hex_(board_game)), a mathematical strategy game played on a hexagonal grid or rhombus
* [Hex (climbing)](/source/Hex_(climbing)), an item of rock climbing equipment used to arrest a fall
* [''Hex'' (video game)](/source/Hex_(video_game)), a 1985 computer game for the Amiga and Atari ST
* ''[Hex: Shards of Fate](/source/Hex%3A_Shards_of_Fate)'', an MMO trading card game by Cryptozoic Entertainment
* [Hex – The Legend of the Towers](/source/Hex_%E2%80%93_The_Legend_of_the_Towers), a Vekoma Madhouse ride at the Alton Towers Resort, England
* The [Hexagonal (CONCACAF)](/source/Hexagonal_(CONCACAF)), final round of FIFA World Cup qualifiers for North America, Central America, and the Caribbean
* Hex, pseudonym of the puzzle writers [Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon](/source/Emily_Cox_and_Henry_Rathvon)
* [''The Hex'' (video game)](/source/The_Hex_(video_game)), a 2018 computer game by the creator of ''Pony Island''

== Places ==
* Hex River, a tributary of the [Breede River](/source/Breede_River) in South Africa
* Hex River, a tributary of the [Elands River](/source/Elands_River_(North_West)) in South Africa
* [Hexham railway station](/source/Hexham_railway_station), Northumberland, England

== Arts and media ==
=== Books ===
* [''Hex'' (1998 novel)](/source/Hex_(1998_novel)), a dystopian novel for young adults by Rhiannon Lassiter
* ''Hex'', a 2011 science fiction novel by [Allen Steele](/source/Allen_Steele)
* [''HEX'' (2013 novel)](/source/HEX_(2013_novel)), a Dutch horror novel by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, published in English in 2016

=== Fictional characters ===
* [Hex (''Ben 10'')](/source/Hex_(Ben_10)), a villain in the ''Ben 10'' franchise
* [Hex (Discworld)](/source/Hex_(Discworld)), a computer in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' novels
* [Hex Schofield](/source/Hex_Schofield), a companion of the Seventh Doctor in a series of ''Doctor Who'' audio plays
* Hex, an illusionist and escapologist in the Marvel Comics series ''[ClanDestine](/source/ClanDestine)''
* Hex, an undead dark elf necromancer in the Netflix animated series ''[Skylanders Academy](/source/Skylanders_Academy)''
* HEX, an evil organization in the novel ''[InterWorld](/source/InterWorld)''
* [Jonah Hex](/source/Jonah_Hex), a DC Comics character
* [The Hex Girls](/source/The_Hex_Girls), a fictitious musical group in the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise

=== Film, television and stage ===
* HEX, in ''[WandaVision](/source/WandaVision)'' is a nickname for the city of Westview
* [''Hex'' (1973 film)](/source/Hex_(1973_film)), a 1973 film starring Keith Carradine, Gary Busey, Dan Haggerty, and Hillarie Thompson
* ''Hex'', a 1980 Hong Kong film directed by [Kuei Chih-Hung](/source/Kuei_Chih-Hung)
* [''Hex'' (2015 film)](/source/Hex_(2015_film)), a 2015 film directed by Clarence Peters
* ''Hex'', a 2018 film directed by [Rudolf Buitendach](/source/Rudolf_Buitendach)
* [''Hex'' (musical)](/source/Hex_(musical)), a 2021 musical based on the Charles Perrault version of ''Sleeping Beauty''
* [''Hex'' (TV series)](/source/Hex_(TV_series)), a 2004–2005 supernatural/horror drama on British television
* [''Jonah Hex'' (film)](/source/Jonah_Hex_(film)), a 2010 film based on a DC Comics character
* ''[Mr. Hex](/source/Mr._Hex)'', a 1946 Bowery Boys comedy film
* [Stephanie Bendixsen](/source/Stephanie_Bendixsen) (born 1985), presenter for Australian TV show ''Good Game'', known by the gamertag Hex

=== Music ===
==== Musical artists ====
* Hex, an indie rock duo formed in 1988 by [Steve Kilbey](/source/Steve_Kilbey) and [Donnette Thayer](/source/Donnette_Thayer)
* [Hex (VJ group)](/source/Hex_(VJ_group)), a British-based multimedia group active in the 1990s which later became Hexstatic
* [Hex Hector](/source/Hex_Hector) (born 1965), American dance remixer

==== Songs and albums ====
* [''Hex'' (Bark Psychosis album)](/source/Hex_(Bark_Psychosis_album)), 1994
* [''Hex'' (Hex album)](/source/Hex_(Hex_album)), 1989, by the indie rock duo Hex
* [''Hex'' (Jon McKiel album)](/source/Hex_(Jon_McKiel_album)), 2024
* [''Hex ''(Poison Girls album)](/source/Hex_(Poison_Girls_album)), 1979
* ''Hex'', a 2003 album by the Los Angeles-based rock band [Bigelf](/source/Bigelf)
* ''[Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method](/source/Hex%3B_Or_Printing_in_the_Infernal_Method)'', a 2005 album by the band Earth
* ["Hex" (song)](/source/Hex_(song)), by Rezz and 1788-L
* "Hex", a 2014 song co-written by Wax Motif and [Tommy Trash](/source/Tommy_Trash)

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== See also ==
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* [Hex game (disambiguation)](/source/Hex_game_(disambiguation))
* [Hexes (disambiguation)](/source/Hexes_(disambiguation))
* [Hexing (disambiguation)](/source/Hexing_(disambiguation))
* [Hexed (disambiguation)](/source/Hexed_(disambiguation))
* ''[Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard](/source/Hexx%3A_Heresy_of_the_Wizard)'', a 1994 video game
* "[The Hexx](/source/The_Hexx)", a song by the band Pavement
* [HHEX](/source/HHEX), hematopoietically expressed homeobox protein 
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* {{look from|Hex}}
* {{look from|HEX}}

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