Hexit

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  hexit /hek'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}).
  
  



From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  hexit
       
           /hek'sit/ A {hexadecimal} digit (0-9, and A-F or
          a-f).  Used by people who claim that there are only *ten*
          digits, sixteen-fingered human beings being rather rare,
          despite what some keyboard designs might seem to imply (see
          {space-cadet keyboard}).
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1996-03-09)