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 divided into Geospatial Measuring (Surveying and GPS), Industrial Metrology and Technologies.

Computing

• Qualcomm Hexagon, a digital signal processor (DSP) developed by Qualcomm
• Hexagon (software) is a 3D modeling application owned by DAZ Productions
• Hexagonal Architecture in software development 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

Geography

• The Hexagon (l'Hexagone), refers to the European part of mainland France (not including Corsica)

Music

• Hexagone ("Disques Hexagone" in French) was a pioneering French folk record label established in 1972 by producer and musician Hughes de Courson and active through to 1981 which specialised in producing and releasing mainly French folk bands' albums with the accent on Breton, Celtic and folk-progressive music, with Malicorne being the best known band of its catalogue^[1]
• "Hexagone" is a 1975 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)
• Hexagon (album)

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.
• The Haag hexagon

Sports

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

Theater and film

• 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
• Hexagon Productions, Australian film production company

Other

• Hexagone Balard, the headquarters of the French Armed Forces, the French counterpart to "The Pentagon" in Washington, DC.
• 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
• Hexagon Pool