hexit

( /hekĀ“sit/, n.)

   A  hexadecimal  digit (0-9, and A-F or a-f). Used by people who claim
   that there are only ten digits, dammit; sixteen-fingered human beings
   are  rather  rare,  despite  what some keyboard designs might seem to
   imply (see {space-cadet keyboard}).

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