hexit

2 definitions found

hexit - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  hexit
  
     <jargon> /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)
  

hexit - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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).