Fix or FIX may refer to:

People with the name

Fix (surname) Fix is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bernd Fix (born 1962), German computer-security expert *George Fix (1939–2002), American mathematician *Helen Fix (1922–2019), American politician *Josh Fix, South African musician *L ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Fix'' (film), a feature film by Tao Ruspoli

Music

* ''Fix'' (album), 2015 album by Chris Lane * "Fix" (Blackstreet song), 1997 song by Blackstreet * "Fix" (Chris Lane song), 2015 song by Chris Lane * "Fix", a song from industrial metal band Static-X's 1999 album '' Wisconsin Death Trip''

Business and government

Federal Internet Exchange Federal Internet Exchange (FIX) points were policy-based network peering points where U.S. federal agency networks, such as the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET), NASA Science Network (NSN), Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), and MILNE ...

, network peering points between US agency networks *

Financial Information eXchange The Financial Information eXchange (FIX) protocol is an electronic communications protocol initiated in 1992 for international real-time exchange of information related to securities transactions and markets. With trillions of dollars traded annua ...

, a communications and messaging protocol

Science and medicine

Factor IX Factor IX (), also known as Christmas factor, is one of the serine proteases involved in coagulation; it belongs to peptidase family S1. Deficiency of this protein causes haemophilia B. It was discovered in 1952 after a young boy named Stephen ...

, a coagulation factor *

Spaying and neutering Neutering, from the Latin ('of neither sex'), is the removal of a non-human animal's reproductive organ, either all of it or a considerably large part. The male-specific term is castration, while spaying is usually reserved for female animals. Co ...

, also called "fixing", sterilization of an animal

Other uses

* Fix (beer), a Greek beer *

Fix (position) Geopositioning is the process of determining or estimating the geographic position of an object or a person. Geopositioning yields a set of geographic coordinates (such as latitude and longitude) in a given map datum. Geographic positions may a ...

, a position determined by navigation * Fix, a term used in

problem-solving Problem solving is the process of achieving a goal by overcoming obstacles, a frequent part of most activities. Problems in need of solutions range from simple personal tasks (e.g. how to turn on an appliance) to complex issues in business an ...

* Fix, a term referring to

maintenance, repair, and operations The technical meaning of maintenance involves functional checks, servicing, repairing or replacing of necessary devices, equipment, machinery, building infrastructure and supporting utilities in industrial, business, and residential installat ...

* "Fix", an addictive drug, hence "fixing" or "getting your fix", taking

addictive drug Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behavior that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences. Repetitive drug use can ...

s (from the 1960s) *

Fixed point combinator In combinatory logic for computer science, a fixed-point combinator (or fixpoint combinator) is a higher-order function (i.e., a function which takes a function as argument) that returns some '' fixed point'' (a value that is mapped to itself) of ...

, in mathematics