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hexit |
2 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: hexit /hek'sit/ n. A hexadecimal digit (0-9, and A-F or a-f). Used by people who claim that there are only _ten_ digits, dammit sixteen-fingered human beings are rather rare despite what some keyboard designs might seem to imply (see {space-cadet keyboard}). From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: hexit/hek'sit/ A {hexadecimal} digit (0-9, and A-F or a-f). Used by people who claim that there are only *ten* digits, sixteen-fingered human beings being rather rare despite what some keyboard designs might seem to imply (see {space-cadet keyboard}). [{Jargon File}] (1996-03-09)
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