Hexagon (disambiguation)

A hexagon is a polygon with 6 sides. By extension, it can also mean:

Business

• Hexagon AB is a global industrial technology group developing Hydraulics, Moulding tools (manufacture Metals, Key Components), Metrology, Rubber products

Computing

• Qualcomm Hexagon, a digital signal processor (DSP) developed by Qualcomm
• Hexagon (software) is a 3D modeling application owned by DAZ Productions
• HEXAGON (optical software) is a proprietary optical design and analysis software application
• Hexagonal Architecture in informatics is an advanced architecture to structure a software application

Fiction

• The Hexagon is the name of the national military headquarters in Batman (TV series); compare with The Pentagon
• Hexagon Comics, a French comic-book publisher whose characters include a group of super-heroes also called Hexagon

Music

• Hexagone is a song by Renaud, where he discusses the disgust he feels for France
• Hexagonal (album) - Leessang album
• Hexagon (record label) is an electronic music record label and weekly radio show hosted by Don Diablo
• The band Boards of Canada commonly references the Hexagon, often using the shape as a logo of sorts (also see Hexagon Sun)

Science

• The hexagonal (crystal system) for crystallographic or mineralogic uses
• KH-9 Hexagon was a USAF reconnaissance satellite
• Saturn's hexagon, a consistent hexagonal cloud pattern at the north pole of Saturn.

Sports

• Exagon Engineering is a French auto racing team
• "Hexagonal" is often used to refer to the final round of FIFA World Cup qualification in the CONCACAF region (North and Central America and the Caribbean), which has involved six national teams since the 1998 qualification cycle

Theater

• The Hexagon is the name of a theatre in Reading, Berkshire, England
• Hexagon Theatre (KwaZulu-Natal) is a theatre in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
• Hexagon (comedy show) is a non-profit theater company in Washington, DC that produces an annual musical political satirical review to benefit charity

Other

• The Hexagon (l' Hexagone) is an epithet of Metropolitan France, owing to the shape of its European mainland. A regular hexagon is depicted on France's one- and two-euro coins
• Hexagon, a browser-based video game by Terry Cavanagh, later expanded into the full game Super Hexagon.

See also

• Hexxagōn, a classic game
• Quiz! Hexagon II, a Japanese quiz variety show on Fuji Television