hexit

from 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}).

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

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)

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