Flex
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Computing
- Adobe FlexAdobe FlexAdobe Flex is a software development kit released by Adobe Systems for the development and deployment of cross-platform rich Internet applications based on the Adobe Flash platform...
, technologies for developing rich internet applications - Flex, a family of automatic test equipment produced by TeradyneTeradyneTeradyne , a US company, is a supplier of automatic test equipment . The company's divisions Semiconductor Test and Systems Test Group, are organized by the products they develop and deliver.-History:...
- Flex lexical analyserFlex lexical analyserflex is a free software alternative to lex. It is frequently used with the free Bison parser generator. Unlike Bison, flex is not part of the GNU Project. Flex was written in C by Vern Paxson around 1987...
, a free software alternative to lex - Flex machineFlex machineIn computing, there have been multiple systems named FLEX.-Alan Kay's FLEX system:Alan Kay developed his Flex system in the late 1960s while exploring ideas that would later evolve into the Smalltalk programming language.-RSRE FLEX Computer System:...
, multiple systems - FlexSystemFlexSystemFlexSystem Limited is one of the largest local enterprise solution developer in Hong Kong with FlexAccount as the most popular product. The company was established in 1985 with only 10+ employees and released the first version of FlexAccount in 1987, in 2000, FlexSystem has been listed on the HK...
, enterprise solution developer in Hong Kong - FLEX (operating system)FLEX (operating system)The FLEX single-tasking operating system was developed by Technical Systems Consultants of West Lafayette, Indiana, for the Motorola 6800 in 1976. The original version was for 8" floppy disks and the version for 5.25" floppies was called mini-Flex. It was also later ported to the Motorola 6809;...
, a single-tasking operating system for the Motorola 6800 - FLEX (protocol)FLEX (protocol)FLEX is a communications protocol developed by Motorola and used in many pagers. FLEX provides one-way communication only , but a related protocol called ReFLEX provides two-way messaging....
, a communication protocol for pagers - FLEX (SIL FieldWorks Language Explorer), an open source application for linguists developed by SIL InternationalSIL InternationalSIL International is a U.S.-based, worldwide, Christian non-profit organization, whose main purpose is to study, develop and document languages, especially those that are lesser-known, in order to expand linguistic knowledge, promote literacy, translate the Christian Bible into local languages,...
Popular culture
- FlexFlex (singer)Félixer Danilo Gómez , known by his stage name DJ Flex and Nigga, is a Panamanian Latin Grammy Award winning reggaeton artist...
, Félix Danilo Gómez, Panamanian singer, alternatively named "Flex" - Flex AlexanderFlex AlexanderMark Alexander Knox , better known as Flex Alexander or Flex, is an American actor, comedian and dancer.-Early life:Born in New York City in Harlem, Alexander is the son of Alethia Knox and Robert Whitehead....
, Mark Alexander Knox (b. 1970), an American actor and comedian - Flex (club)Flex (club)Flex is a nightclub in Vienna. It is located between underground station Schottenring and Augartenbrücke. Flex has already been venue of many international and Austrian music acts and DJs, such as Pete Doherty, Juliette and the Licks and Arcade Fire...
, a nightclub in Vienna - Flex (comics)Flex (comics)Flex is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a former member of the superhero team Alpha Flight, but later got downgraded to Beta Flight-Fictional character biography:...
, a fictional superhero - FLEX (magazine)FLEX (magazine)Flex is an American bodybuilding magazine, published by American Media, Inc.-History:Founded in 1983 by Joe Weider, local versions are now published throughout the world, in countries such as the UK and Australia.The premier issue was dated April 1983, and featured Chris Dickerson on the cover...
, an American bodybuilding magazine - Flex (EP) a 2003 EP by Pitch Black
- Funkmaster FlexFunkmaster FlexAston George Taylor, Jr. better known as Funkmaster Flex is an American hip hop DJ, rapper, musician and producer on New York City's Hot 97 radio station and host of the hit MTV show Funk Flex Full Throttle....
, Aston George Taylor Jr (b. 1968), an American hip hop DJ - Flex (song)Flex (song)"Flex" is the third single from British rapper Dizzee Rascal's third studio album Maths + English, and ninth overall. The song reached #23 on the UK Singles Chart, while his previous single placed 1 higher at #22, but topped the UK Indie Singles Chart for 2 weeks, while his previous single topped...
a 2007 hit song by Dizzee Rascal - Flex, a 1993 hit song by Mad CobraMad CobraEwart Everton Brown , better known by his stage name of Mad Cobra or simply Cobra is a Jamaican reggae musician.-Biography:...
- FlexFlex (film)Flex is a 2000 video installation by the British video artist Chris Cunningham. It consists of a 15 minute film loop that endlessly depicts a naked man and woman floating in darkness, who by turns embrace and furiously beat one another, culminating in an act of anal sex during which they disappear...
, A Commercial/Short Film By English Director Chris CunninghamChris CunninghamChris Cunningham is an English music video film director and video artist. He was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1970 and grew up in Lakenheath, Suffolk....
Science and technology
- Copper-coated polyamidePolyamideA polyamide is a polymer containing monomers of amides joined by peptide bonds. They can occur both naturally and artificially, examples being proteins, such as wool and silk, and can be made artificially through step-growth polymerization or solid-phase synthesis, examples being nylons, aramids,...
film, often used in flexible printed circuits - A common shortening of flexible cable, as used on electrical appliances
- Femtosecond Lenticule EXtractionFemtosecond Lenticule EXtractionFemtosecond Lenticule EXtraction is a new form of refractive eye surgery similar to LASIK that creates a lenticule for removal and a corneal flap...
, a form of refractive eye surgery - Flex-ElektrowerkzeugeFlex-ElektrowerkzeugeFLEX-Elektrowerkzeuge GmbH is a German producer of high end power toolswith headquarter in Steinheim. After producing flexible shaft grinders since 1922, FLEX invented the "flexen" or angle grinder in 1954. The company created a partnership with American tool producer Porter Cable, until Pentair...
, a German producer of power tools - Flex-fuel, a Flexible-fuel vehicleFlexible-fuel vehicleA flexible-fuel vehicle or dual-fuel vehicle is an alternative fuel vehicle with an internal combustion engine designed to run on more than one fuel, usually gasoline blended with either ethanol or methanol fuel, and both fuels are stored in the same common tank...
- FLEX missionFLEX missionThe FLuorescence EXplorer is a mission submitted to the European Space Agency in response to the Call for Ideas for Earth Explorer Core Missions. Recently it has been chosen to pass to pre-phase A.-Summary:...
, a potential satellite launch mission by the European Space Agency - FlextronicsFlextronicsFlextronics International Ltd. is an electronics manufacturing services provider that offers services to original equipment manufacturers . It also provides supporting supply chain services, including packaging and transportation throughout the world, as well as design and after-sales...
(NASDAQ symbo: FLEX), a contract electronics maker in Singapore - Ford FlexFord FlexThe Ford Flex is a full-size crossover manufactured by Ford Motor Company. Its styling is based on the Ford Fairlane concept unveiled at the 2005 North American International Auto Show. The production vehicle made its debut at the 2007 New York International Auto Show. Sales of the Flex began in...
, a full sized people mover vehicle - Frequency Level ExpanderFrequency Level ExpanderThis Pioneer feature restores high frequency response to older or poorly recorded cassette tapes. FLEX analyzes the tape's dynamic output so that optimum enhancement is provided-regardless of tape quality....
, a Pioneer Corporation tape enhancement feature - Reduced flexFlex tempFlex temp is a technique used to reduce engine wear in large airliners by performing take-off at less than full power.For Airbus and Fokker aircraft the technique is known as flex temp or just flex...
thrust, a reduced takeoff thrust setting which trades excess performance for reduced engine wear - Flex and flock are synthetic materials which can be cut and thermo transferred onto t-shirts
Other
- FlexFlex Your RightsFlex Your Rights is a 501 educational non-profit organization that aims to "educate the public about how basic Bill of Rights protections apply during encounters with law enforcement". To accomplish this, Flex Your Rights creates and distributes media that explains individuals' legal rights...
is shorthand for Flex Your Rights a civil-liberties non-profit based in Washington DC. - FlexionFlexionIn anatomy, flexion is a position that is made possible by the joint angle decreasing. The skeletal and muscular systems work together to move the joint into a "flexed" position. For example the elbow is flexed when the hand is brought closer to the shoulder...
, in anatomy, a position made possible by the joint angle decreasing - Flex Linhas AéreasFlex Linhas AéreasFlex Linhas Aéreas, styled as FLEX, was a Brazilian non-regular charter airline based at Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport. It is the brand name of Nordeste Linhas Aéreas S.A., judicial successor of former Viação Aérea-Rio Grandense, known as Varig. Informally Flex is known as "old Varig"...
, a Brazilian regional airline - Fleet Landing ExercisesFleet Landing ExercisesThe Fleet Landing Exercises, or FLEX were a series of annual large-scale amphibious landings exercises conducted to test the United States Marine Corps' legitimation of the Fleet Marine Force...
, acronym for "Fleet Landing Exercise", a series of landing exercises conducted by the Fleet Marine Force, a combined-United States Navy/Marine landing force - Future Leaders ExchangeFuture Leaders ExchangeFuture Leaders Exchange is a scholarship student exchange program administered by the U.S. Department of State through funding from the Freedom Support Act...
, acronym for "Future Leaders Exchange", an American student exchange program for high school students from the former Soviet Union