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).

	

	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)