Flex
Appearance
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/40px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png)
Look up flex in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Flex or FLEX may refer to:
Computing
[edit]- Flex (language), developed by Alan Kay
- FLEX (operating system), a single-tasking operating system for the Motorola 6800
- FlexOS, an operating system developed by Digital Research
- FLEX (protocol), a communication protocol for pagers
- Flex, a family of automatic test equipment produced by Teradyne
- FLEx, a piece of software used in language documentation
- Apache Flex, formerly Adobe Flex, technologies for developing rich internet applications
- Flex (lexical analyser generator), a lexical analyser generator and a free software alternative to lex
- Flex machine, a computer developed by RSRE in the 1980s
- CSS Flexible Box Layout, commonly known as Flexbox, a CSS 3 web layout model
Science and technology
[edit]- Bending, also known as flexure, as used in mechanics
- Flexion, in anatomy, a position made possible by the joint angle decreasing
- Femtosecond Lenticule EXtraction, a form of refractive eye surgery
- Flex circuit, a flexible printed circuit used in electronic assemblies
- FLEX mission, a future satellite launch mission by the European Space Agency
- Flex temp, a reduced takeoff thrust setting which trades excess performance for reduced engine wear
- Flex-fuel, a flexible-fuel vehicle
- Inflection point, of a curve in geometry
- Power cord, or flex, a flexible electrical cable
Music
[edit]- Flex (singer), Félix Danilo Gómez (born 1974), Panamanian singer
- Funkmaster Flex (born 1968), American DJ and music producer
- Flex (album), Lene Lovich's 1979 second album
- Flex (EP) a 2003 EP by Pitch Black
- "Flex" (Dizzee Rascal song), 2007
- "Flex" (Mad Cobra song), 1992
- "Flex" (Polo G song), 2020
- "Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)", a 2015 song by Rich Homie Quan
- "Flex", a 2021 song by TFN
- Flex, a break in the recitation tone before the mediation in Gregorian chant
- A "flex" in a "flex bar", a technique used in battle rap
Organizations
[edit]- Flex Ltd., a software compant, previously known as Flextronics
- Flex (club), a nightclub in Vienna, Austria
- Flex (company) (NASDAQ symbol: FLEX), a contract electronics maker based in Singapore
- Flex FM, a London-based radio station
- Flex-Elektrowerkzeuge, a German producer of power tools
- Flex Linhas Aéreas, a Brazilian regional airline
People
[edit]- Flex Alexander, Mark Alexander Knox (b. 1970), an American actor and comedian
- Walter Flex (1887–1917), German author
Other uses
[edit]- Amazon Flex, a platform for gig workers performing deliveries for Amazon
- Flex (comics), a fictional superhero
- Flex (film), a commercial/short film by English director Chris Cunningham
- Flex (magazine), an American bodybuilding magazine
- Flex (TV program), a 2021 Philippine variety show
- Fleet Landing Exercises, a series of landing exercises conducted by the Fleet Marine Force, a combined-United States Navy/Marine landing force
- Flex Your Rights, a civil-liberties non-profit based in Washington DC, US
- Ford Flex, a crossover SUV produced from 2009-2019
- Future Leaders Exchange, an American student exchange program for high school students from the former Soviet Union