Fix
Encyclopedia
Fix as a noun may refer to:
Fix as a verb may mean:
- Fix (position)Fix (position)In position fixing navigation, a position fix or simply a fix is a position derived from measuring external reference points.The term is generally used with manual or visual techniques such as the use of intersecting visual or radio position lines rather than the use of more automated and accurate...
, a position determined by navigation - Fixed point combinatorFixed point combinatorIn computer science, a fixed-point combinator is a higher-order function that computes a fixed point of other functions. A fixed point of a function f is a value x such that x = f. For example, 0 and 1 are fixed points of the function f = x2, because 0 = 02 and 1 = 12...
- Fix (film)Fix (film)Fix is a 2008 feature film directed by Tao Ruspoli starring Shawn Andrews, Olivia Wilde, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Tao Ruspoli, Dedee Pfeiffer and Andrew Fiscella.- Plot :...
, a feature film by Tao Ruspoli - FIX protocolFIX protocolThe Financial Information eXchange protocol is an electronic communications protocol initiated in 1992 for international real-time exchange of information related to the securities transactions and markets...
, a communications protocol for financial information exchange - "Fix", a single from BLACKstreet's 1996 album Another Level
- "Fix", a song by R&B group BlackstreetBlackstreetBlackstreet is an American R&B group founded in 1991 by Thomas Taliaferro and Teddy Riley, the inventor of New Jack Swing known for his work as a member of Guy. Chauncey Hannibal and Levi Little were signed under production and management contracts with Thomas Taliaferro and were merged into what...
- "Fix", an addictive drug, hence 'fixing', taking addictive drugs (from the 1960s)
- "Fix", a song by the industrial metal band Static-XStatic-XStatic-X is an American industrial metal band from Los Angeles, California. They were formed in 1994. They are signed to Warner Bros. Records and have released six albums, their most recent being Cult of Static, which was released on March 17, 2009....
- Factor IXFactor IXFactor IX is one of the serine proteases of the coagulation system; it belongs to peptidase family S1. Deficiency of this protein causes hemophilia B. It was discovered in 1952 after a young boy named Stephen Christmas was found to be lacking this exact factor, leading to...
, a coagulation factor - Fix (beer)Fix (beer)FIX is a brand of Greek lager beer. The Fix brewery was founded in 1864 by Johann Karl Fuchs in Athens, Greece. This became the first major brewery in Greece. His father had started brewing the beer in Athens 30 years earlier in 1834. His father had come to Greece from Bavaria with King Otto...
, a Greek beer - Fixation (histology)Fixation (histology)In the fields of histology, pathology, and cell biology, fixation is a chemical process by which biological tissues are preserved from decay, thereby preventing autolysis or putrefaction...
, a technique to preserve biological tissue via chemical processes - Federal Internet ExchangeFederal Internet ExchangeFederal Internet Exchange points were policy based network peering points where U.S. federal agency networks, such as the National Science Foundation Network , NASA Science Network , Energy Sciences Network , and MILNET were interconnected.Two FIXes were established in June 1989 under the auspices...
- F/XF/XF/X is a 1986 American action-thriller film about Rollie Tyler , an expert in the art of special effects with a reputation built by his work on many low-budget hack-and-slash films such as I Dismember Mama...
, a 1986 American action-thriller film also known as Murder by Illusion
Fix as a verb may mean:
- RepairingMaintenance, repair, and operationsMaintenance, repair, and operations or maintenance, repair, and overhaul involves fixing any sort of mechanical or electrical device should it become out of order or broken...
an object - Match fixingMatch fixingIn organised sports, match fixing, game fixing, race fixing, or sports fixing occurs as a match is played to a completely or partially pre-determined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law. Where the sporting competition in question is a race then the incident is referred to as...
, to predetermine the outcome of a sporting event - Spaying and neutering to sterilize an animal
- The process of making a molecule biologically active, for example Nitrogen fixationNitrogen fixationNitrogen fixation is the natural process, either biological or abiotic, by which nitrogen in the atmosphere is converted into ammonia . This process is essential for life because fixed nitrogen is required to biosynthesize the basic building blocks of life, e.g., nucleotides for DNA and RNA and...
- Price fixingPrice fixingPrice fixing is an agreement between participants on the same side in a market to buy or sell a product, service, or commodity only at a fixed price, or maintain the market conditions such that the price is maintained at a given level by controlling supply and demand...
, an agreement between business competitors to sell the same product or service at the same price
See also
- Fixed (disambiguation)
- Fixer (disambiguation)
- The Fix (disambiguation)