| Noun | 1. | hex - an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me" |
| Verb | 1. | hex - cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something |
| Adj. | 1. | hex - of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base Synonyms: hexadecimal |
| 1. | hex - hexadecimal. | ||
| 2. | hex - A 6-pack of anything (compare quad). Neither usage has anything to do with magic or black art, though the pun is appreciated and occasionally used by hackers. True story: As a joke, some hackers once offered some surplus ICs for sale to be worn as protective amulets against hostile magic. The chips were, of course, hex inverters. | ||
| 3. | (character) | hex - The hash character, used to introduce hexadecimal constants in some assembly languages. |