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hex edit

hex edit verb: to manipulate the fundamental binary data that constitutes a computer file using a hex editor, which displays the data in hexadecimal format.

Verb

hex edit (third-person singular simple present hex edits, present participle hex editing, simple past and past participle hex edited)

  1. To manipulate the fundamental binary data that constitutes a computer file using a hex editor, which displays the data in hexadecimal format.

Forms of hex edit

third-person singular presenthex edits
present participlehex editing
past participlehex edited
pasthex edited
alternative formhexedit
alternative formhex-edit

Origin of hex edit

Back-formation from hex editor.

Questions about hex edit

What does hex edit mean?
Hex edit means to manipulate the fundamental binary data that constitutes a computer file using a hex editor, which displays the data in hexadecimal format.
What part of speech is hex edit?
Hex edit is a verb.
What is the past tense of hex edit?
The past tense of hex edit is hex edited.

Words near hex edit in the dictionary

  1. hex
  2. hex bar
  3. hex bars
  4. hex crawl
  5. hex crawls
  6. hex edit
  7. hex edited
  8. hex editing
  9. hex editor
  10. hex editors
  11. hex edits

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