Ix

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Ix or IX may refer to:

• The Roman numeral representing the number nine — literally one (I) less than ten (X).
  • (There are also separate Unicode characters for this number, 0x2168 "Ⅸ" and 0x2178 "ⅸ").
• Internet Exchange, or Internet Exchange Point.
• iX: A German monthly computer magazine.
• The IX multilevel-secure Unix operating system
• The US Navy hull classification symbol for an "Unclassified Miscellaneous" ship. In the last few decades of her commission, USS Constellation was classified as IX-20, and for several decades, USS Constitution was IX-21.
• The Maya jaguar god supporting the west portion of the sky. See Maya mythology.
  • Also the 14th day name (or Tsolk'in) in the Maya tradition (often with a glottal stop in front of it " 'Ix ")
• The central governmental supercomputer in the videogame Omikron - The Nomad Soul.
• A fictional planet in Frank Herbert's novel Dune. See Ix (Dune).
• A fictional country in the book Queen Zixi of Ix by L. Frank Baum, neighboring on the Land of Oz.
• A nickname for Ford Prefect — a character from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — that translates into "boy who is not able satisfactorily to explain what a Hrung is, nor why it should choose to collapse on Betelgeuse Seven".
• ix, a series of automatic teller machines manufactured by Diebold
• iX is the name of Megaman X's sadistic alter-ego, who originated from the Limited Virus created by Dr. Doppler in the Rockman Mega Mission manga adaptation.
• IX is the name of a series of websites from Swiss based travel operator Ixeo