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 a French auto racing team
• "Hexagonal (CONCACAF)", a World Cup qualification stage

Theater

• The Hexagon a theatre in Reading, England
• Hexagon Theatre (KwaZulu-Natal), a theatre in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
• Hexagon (comedy show), a theater company in Washington DC, for charity

Other

• The Hexagon (l'Hexagone), epithet of Metropolitan France, owing to the shape of its European mainland
• Hexagon, a video game, later becoming Super Hexagon.

See also

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