Flex
# Flex

Flex or FLEX may refer to:

## Computing

* Flex (language), developed by Alan Kay
* FLEX (operating system), a single-tasking operating system for the Motorola 6800
* FlexOS, an operating system developed by Digital Research
* FLEX (protocol), a communication protocol for pagers
* Flex, a family of automatic test equipment produced by Teradyne
* FLEx, a piece of software used in language documentation
* Apache Flex, formerly Adobe Flex, technologies for developing rich internet applications
* Flex (lexical analyser generator), a lexical analyser generator and a free software alternative to lex
* Flex machine, a computer developed by RSRE in the 1980s
* CSS Flexible Box Layout, commonly known as Flexbox, a CSS 3 web layout model

## Science and technology

* Bending, also known as flexure, as used in mechanics
* Flexion, in anatomy, a position made possible by the joint angle decreasing
* Femtosecond Lenticule EXtraction, a form of refractive eye surgery
* Flex circuit, a flexible printed circuit used in electronic assemblies
* FLEX mission, a future satellite launch mission by the European Space Agency
* Flex temp, a reduced takeoff thrust setting which trades excess performance for reduced engine wear
* Flex-fuel, a flexible-fuel vehicle
* Inflection point, of a curve in geometry
* Power cord, or flex, a flexible electrical cable

## Music

* Flex (album), Lene Lovich's 1979 second album
* Flex (EP) a 2003 EP by Pitch Black
* "Flex" (Dizzee Rascal song), 2007
* "Flex" (Mad Cobra song), 1992
* "Flex" (Polo G song), 2020
* "Flex", a 2021 song by TFN
* "Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)", a 2015 song by Rich Homie Quan
* Flex, a break in the recitation tone before the mediation in Gregorian chant
* A "flex" in a "flex bar", a technique used in battle rap.

## Organizations

* Flex (club), a nightclub in Vienna, Austria
* Flex (company) (NASDAQ symbol: FLEX), a contract electronics maker based in Singapore
* Flex FM, a London-based radio station
* Flex-Elektrowerkzeuge, a German producer of power tools
* Flex Linhas Aéreas, a Brazilian regional airline

## People

* Flex (singer), Félix Danilo Gómez (born 1974), Panamanian singer
* Flex Alexander, Mark Alexander Knox (b. 1970), an American actor and comedian
* Funkmaster Flex, Aston George Taylor Jr (b. 1968), an American hip hop DJ
* Walter Flex (1887–1917), German author

## Other uses

* Amazon Flex, a platform for gig workers performing deliveries for Amazon
* Flex (comics), a fictional superhero
* Flex (film), a commercial/short film by English director Chris Cunningham
* Flex (magazine), an American bodybuilding magazine
* Flex (TV program), a 2021 Philippine variety show
* Fleet Landing Exercises, a series of landing exercises conducted by the Fleet Marine Force, a combined-United States Navy/Marine landing force
* Flex Your Rights, a civil-liberties non-profit based in Washington DC, US
* Ford Flex, a crossover SUV produced from 2009-2019
* Future Leaders Exchange, an American student exchange program for high school students from the former Soviet Union
