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Computing

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Danish Internet Exchange Point Danish Internet Exchange Point (DIX) is an internet exchange point operated by i2http://www.i2.dk/ in Kongens Lyngby north of Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Two points of presence were opened since 2011. Its purpose is to alleviate the exc ...
, in Copenhagen * Data Integrity Extensions, data corruption error-handling field in data storage technology * Device Independent X, part of the 2D graphics device driver in the X.Org Server * DIX Ethernet, an Ethernet frame type


People


Surname

* Adrian Dix (born 1964), Canadian politician * Alan Dix, British author and university professor * Arnold Dix, Australian barrister and scientist * Bernard Dix (1925–1995), British trade unionist * Beulah Marie Dix (1876–1970), American screenwriter, playwright and novelist * Carl Dix (born 1948), American communist * De'Audra Dix (born 1984), American football player *
Dorothea Dix Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802July 17, 1887) was an American advocate on behalf of the poor insane, mentally ill. By her vigorous and sustained program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, she helped create the fir ...
(1802–1887), American social worker *
Dorothy Dix Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (November 18, 1861 – December 16, 1951), widely known by the pen name Dorothy Dix, was an American journalist and columnist. As the forerunner of today's popular advice columnists, Dix was America's highest paid ...
(1861–1951), American journalist * Drew Dennis Dix (born 1944), US Army officer awarded the Medal of Honor * Eddie Dix (born 1970), Dutch baseball player * Edwin Asa Dix (1860–1911), AKA Edwin Augustus Dix, American author * Emily Dix (1904–1972), Welsh palaeobotanist *
Eulabee Dix Eulabee Dix Becker (October 5, 1878 – June 14, 1961) was an American artist, who favoured the medium of watercolours on ivory to paint portrait miniatures. During the early 20th century, when the medium was at the height of fashion, she pa ...
(1878–1961), American artist * Frederick Dix (1883–966), British speed skater * Gioele Dix (born 1956), Italian actor and comedian * Gregory Dix (1902–1952), English priest and liturgical scholar *
Helena Dix Helena Dix (born 26 May 1979) is an Australian operatic soprano and specialist in bel canto roles. In 2005 Dix represented Australia in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. She was awarded as an associate of The Royal Academy of Music in 2015 for he ...
(born 1979), Australian operatic soprano *
Jan Dix Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Num ...
, German musician * J. D. Dix (born 2005), American baseball player *
Joan Dix Joan Dix (later ''Jones'', 3 August 1918 – 1991) was an English figure skater who competed in ladies singles. In 1932 she finished tenth at the Winter Olympics and world championships, and seventh at the European championships A European Cha ...
(1918–1991), English figure skater *
John Alden Dix John Alden Dix (December 25, 1860 – April 9, 1928) was an American businessman and politician who served as 38th governor of New York from January 1911 to January 1913. A native of Glens Falls, New York, Dix attended Cornell University befor ...
(1860–1928), New York governor *
John Adams Dix John Adams Dix (July 24, 1798 – April 21, 1879) was an American politician and military officer who was Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York and Union major general during the Civil War. He was notable for arresting the pro-Southe ...
(1798–1879), American Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York and Union major general during the Civil War *
John Ross Dix John Dix or John Ross (21 September 1811 – after 1863) was an English writer and poet in Great Britain and America. An alcoholic, he wrote a noted biography of Thomas Chatterton and he wrote "In Our Own Dear Homes Again" during the American Ci ...
(1811-after 1863), British writer and poet in Great Britain and America *
Margaret Dix Margaret Ruth Dix (1902 – 9 December 1991) was a British neuro-otologist. With Charles Skinner Hallpike, she published important research on vertigo and described the Dix–Hallpike test. Biography Dix was born in 1902 and attended Sherborn ...
(1902–1991), British neuro-otologist * Margaret A. Dix (1939–2025), British-born Guatemalan botanist *
Michèle Dix Michèle Dix CBE (born 5 February 1955) is a British civil engineer. She is the managing director of Crossrail 2 and had previously been the director of planning for Transport for London. In 2016, Dix was named as one of the Top 50 Influential ...
, British civil engineer *
Morgan Dix Morgan Dix (November 1, 1827 – April 29, 1908) was an American Episcopal Church priest, theologian, and religious author. Early life Dix was born on November 1, 1827, in New York City. He was the son of Catherine Morgan, the adopted daughter ...
(1827–1908), American Episcopal priest and theologian *
Otto Dix Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix (; 2 December 1891 – 25 July 1969) was a German painter and Printmaking, printmaker, noted for his ruthless and harshly realistic depictions of German society during the Weimar Republic and the brutality of war. Alon ...
(1891–1969), German expressionist * Peter Dix (1953–1988), Irish sailor *
Richard Dix Richard Dix (born Ernst Carlton Brimmer; July 18, 1893 – September 20, 1949) was an American motion picture actor who achieved popularity in both silent film, silent and sound film. His standard on-screen image was that of the rugged and sta ...
(1893–1949), American actor * Richard Dix (footballer) (1924–1990), English footballer * Robert Dix (1935–2018), American actor * Ronnie Dix (1912–1998), English footballer * Roscoe D. Dix (1839–1912), American politician and Michigan Auditor General * Rose Ellen Dix, English YouTuber * Shane Dix (born 1960), Australian writer * Sophie Dix (born 1969), English actress * Ute Dix (born 1955), German speed skater * Walter Dix (born 1986), American track and field athlete * William Dix (disambiguation), various people


Given name

* Dix Terne, 1950s West German bobsledder


Places


Switzerland

* Lac des Dix, the reservoir created by Grande Dixence Dam


United States

* Dix, Illinois * Dix Township, Ford County, Illinois, USA * Dix, Nebraska * Dix, New York * Dix Hill, in Raleigh, North Carolina * Dix Mountain, in the Adirondacks, New York * Dix Range, in the Adirondacks, New York *
Dix River The Dix River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed June 13, 2011 tributary of the Kentucky River in central Kentucky in the United States. It begins in western Rockcastl ...
, in Kentucky ** Dix Dam *
Dix Stadium Dix Stadium is a stadium in Kent, Ohio, United States. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Kent State Golden Flashes football team. In addition, since 2016 the stadium is also home to the Kent State women's ...
, in Kent, Ohio *
Fort Dix Fort Dix, the common name for the Army Support Activity (ASA) located at Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst, is a United States Army post. It is located south-southeast of Trenton, New Jersey. Fort Dix is under the jurisdiction of the Air Fo ...
, an Army post in New Jersey


Other uses

* 509 AD (year DIX) * D-IX, a drug cocktail developed in Germany during WW2 to relieve fatigue * ''Dix'' (steamboat), a steamboat which ran on Puget Sound, USA from 1904 to 1906 * The Dix, a fictional R&B group * ''Dix'', a hymn tune used with hymn For the Beauty of the Earth and
As with Gladness, Men of Old "As with Gladness Men of Old" is an Epiphany (holiday), Epiphany hymn, written by William Chatterton Dix on 6 January 1859 (Epiphany) while he was ill in bed. Though considered by many as a Christmas carol, it is found in the Epiphany section of ...
; named for William C. Dix * DIX, the number 509 in Roman numerals


See also

* Dicks (disambiguation) * D9 (disambiguation), including a list of topics named D.IX, etc. * 509 (disambiguation) (Roman numeral DIX) * Dixville (disambiguation) * Dixboro, Michigan, USA * Dixton, Wales * {{Disambiguation, geo, surname