Rex or REX may refer to: *

Rex (title) The Latin title has the meaning of "king, ruler" (monarch). It is derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₃rḗǵs''. Its cognates include Sanskrit ''rājan'', Gothic ''reiks'', and Old Irish ''rí'', etc. Its Greek equivalent is (), "leader, rul ...

(Latin: king, ruler, monarch), a royal title **

King of Rome The king of Rome () was the ruler of the Roman Kingdom, a legendary period of Roman history that functioned as an elective monarchy. According to legend, the first king of Rome was Romulus, who founded the city in 753 BC upon the Palatine H ...

(Latin: Rex Romae), chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom

Animals

Dogs

* Rex (Ronald Reagan's dog) * Rex (search and rescue dog), a dog that received a 1945 Dickin Medal for bravery

Other animals

* ''-rex'', a taxonomic suffix used to describe certain large animals *

Tyrannosaurus rex ''Tyrannosaurus'' () is a genus of large theropoda, theropod dinosaur. The type species ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' ( meaning 'king' in Latin), often shortened to ''T. rex'' or colloquially t-rex, is one of the best represented theropods. It live ...

, a large predatory cretaceous dinosaur * Rex (horse) or Rex the Wonder Horse, star of 15 Hollywood motion pictures *

Rex rabbit The term rex rabbit (without capitalization) refers informally to one of at least eight breeds of domestic rabbit. One such breed is the ''Rex,'' which is recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders Association (ARBA) and by the British Rabbit Co ...

, a breed of rabbit **

Rex mutation The rex mutation is a genetic variation in mammals that results in soft curly fur. These effects are due to changes in the structure of groups of hairs and cross-section of individual hairs. The rexed coats are unusual but occur (and have been p ...

, a type of mutation affecting the fur of the rex rabbit ** One of at least three types of

rabbit fur Rabbit hair (also called rabbit fur, cony, coney, comb or lapin) is the fur of the common rabbit. It is most commonly used in the making of fur hats and coats, and is considered quite valuable today, although it was once a lower-priced commodit ...

collectively known as "rex fur" * A category of domestic

cat breeds Domestic cats have been diversified by humans into breeds and domestic and wild hybrids. Many such breeds recognized by various cat registries. Additionally, there are new and experimental breeds, landraces being established as standardized bree ...

, such as the

Devon Rex The Devon Rex is a tall-eared, short-haired breed of cat that emerged in England during the late 1950s. The breed is known for its atypical appearance, with an oddly shaped head, large eyes, and the short and wavy coat. History Origin Beryl Co ...

Computing and technology

REX prefix The VEX prefix (from "vector extensions") and VEX coding scheme are an extension to the IA-32 and x86-64 instruction set architecture for microprocessors from Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, AMD and others. Features The VEX coding scheme allows t ...

, used by the x86-64 instruction encoding *

Rexx Rexx (restructured extended executor) is a high-level programming language developed at IBM by Mike Cowlishaw. Both proprietary and open-source software, open source Rexx interpreter (computing), interpreters exist for a wide range of comput ...

(originally named Rex), a computer programming language * REX, an audio file format; see

REX2 REX2 is a proprietary type of audio sample loop file format developed by Reason Studios, a Swedish music software company. It is one of the most popular and widely supported loop file formats for sequencer and digital audio workstation so ...

* .rex (disambiguation), file extension used by Rexx scripts and REX2 audio files * REX 5000, a series of personal digital assistants *

REX 6000 The REX 6000 is an ultra-thin Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) produced by Xircom, and later Intel, from about 2000 to 2001. The REX may be synchronized by inserting it in a host PC's PCMCIA/PC-card slot. Docking stations were manufactured for c ...

, a series of personal digital assistants *

Rex (software) (R)?ex or simply Rex is an open source remote execution, configuration management and software deployment tool. It combines Perl and Secure Shell (SSH) for a portable, centralistic approach to its problem domain. ''Rex'' is an acronym for "Rem ...

, a remote execution, configuration management and software deployment system * ''Rex'' (video game), a 1988 game for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC *

REX OS The REX Operating System (Real-time Executive Operating System) is a real-time operating system (RTOS) developed by Qualcomm for the ARM processor based mobile phone Dual-Mode Subscriber Station (DMSS) or Advanced Mode Subscriber Software (AMSS ...

, a real-time operating system developed by Qualcomm *

Samsung REX The Samsung REX series is a range of Samsung smartphones and feature phones, ranging from low to mid-end phones, running a Java-based operating system with Samsung's TouchWiz user interface. It was one of the Samsung line of devices that are ai ...

, a series of affordable feature phones * REX, an abbreviation for " request to exit", a push-button or motion detector used for access control

Energy and fuels

Rockies Express Pipeline The Rockies Express Pipeline is a long high-pressure natural gas pipeline system from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to eastern Ohio. The pipeline system consists of three sections running through eight states. It is one of the largest na ...

, a natural gas pipeline built across the United States *

Rex Energy Rex Energy Corporation was a natural gas exploration and production company headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania. In 2018, the company was acquired by PennEnergy Resources. The company's operations were entirely in the Appalachian Bas ...

, a defunct company engaged in natural gas exploration *

Rex International Holding Limited Rex International Holding is an oil and gas company headquartered in Singapore and listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited's Mainboard. The company was publicly listed on 31 July 2013 on Singapore Exchange's secondary board C ...

, an oil and gas company headquartered in Singapore

Fictional characters

Film

Rex Lewis Cobra Commander is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' franchise. He is the supreme leader of the terrorist organization Cobra and the archenemy of the G.I. Joe Team. He was portrayed by Jo ...

, a character from ''G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'' * Rex Manning, the former 80s pop idol in the 1995 film ''

Empire Records ''Empire Records'' is a 1995 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Allan Moyle, written by Carol Heikkinen, and starring an ensemble cast including Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Debi Mazar, Rory Cochrane, Johnny ...

'' * Rex (''Toy Story''), a toy dinosaur character from Disney/Pixar's ''Toy Story'' series * Rex, the sheepdog from the 1995 Academy Award-winning film ''

Babe Babe may refer to: * Babe, a term of endearment * A newborn baby * An attractive (especially female) person People * Babe (nickname), a list of people * Jerome Babe (1837–1893), American inventor and miner * Thomas Babe (1941–2000), Ame ...

'' * Rex, a Tyrannosaurus Rex, a character in animated film '' We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story'' * Rex Kwon Do, a martial arts choreographer in the 2004 cult film ''

Napoleon Dynamite ''Napoleon Dynamite'' is a 2004 American Independent film, independent Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age comedy film produced by Jeremy Coon, Chris Wyatt (producer), Chris Wyatt and Sean C. Covel (producer), Sean Covel, written by Jared and J ...

'' * Rex, Lori's boss in the film '' Ted'' * Rex Motion Picture Company, was an early film production company in the United States from 1910 into 1917 * ''Rex'' (film), alternative name for ''Megan Leavey'', 2017

Animated television series

* Rex Banner, a one-time character in ''The Simpsons'' appearing in the episode "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" * Rex Raptor, a recurring character in the 4kids version of ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' between September 1996 and March 2004, with its chapters collected in 38 volumes. The ...

'' * Rex Salazar, the main title character from the animated show ''

Generator Rex ''Generator Rex'' is an American animated superhero television series created by Man of Action for Cartoon Network, with John Fang of Cartoon Network Studios as supervising producer. It is based on the comic '' M. Rex'', created by Aaron Sowd, ...

'' * Rex Stalker, character in the cartoon ''

My Pet Monster My Pet Monster is a character that began as a plush doll first produced by American Greetings in 1986. It has horns, blue fur, a fanged smile, and wears breakaway orange plastic handcuffs. The property was sold to Saban Brands in 2012. Then in 2 ...

'' * Rex, the title character in the claymation series '' Rex the Runt'' * Rex, a character in the Canadian animated series ''

Animal Mechanicals ''Animal Mechanicals'' () is a Canadian animated preschool children’s television series created by Jeff Rosen. Produced by Halifax Film, in association with the CBC and distributed by Decode Entertainment, the series premiered in Canada on CBC ...

'' *

Captain Rex Captain Rex ( designation number CT-7567) is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas. He was introduced as a main character in the animated '' The Clone Wars'' 2008 film and the related television series of t ...

, the clone trooper captain who served as General Anakin Skywalker's second-in-command in the series ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars''

Live-action television series

Rex Balsom Rex Balsom is a fictional character from the American daytime drama ''One Life to Live'', portrayed by John-Paul Lavoisier from May 9, 2002, to the show's finale on January 12, 2012. Casting and characterization With the character named "Jamie" ...

, a character on the soap opera ''One Life to Live'' *

Rex Brady ''Days of Our Lives'' is an American soap opera broadcast on the NBC network. Created by Ted and Betty Corday, the series focuses on the residents of the fictional midwestern town of Salem, USA. It premiered on November 8, 1965. This is a list o ...

, a character on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' * Rex Buckland, a character in the series ''

Charmed ''Charmed'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television, with Brad Kern serving as showrunner. The series was originally broadc ...

'' * Rex (police dog), a fictional character from the police drama television series ''Inspector Rex'' * ''Rex'' (Slovak TV series), a 2017 series based on the Austrian original *

Rex Van de Kamp Dr. Rex Van de Kamp is a fictional character on the ABC television series ''Desperate Housewives''. He is portrayed by Steven Culp, and is the first and late husband of one of the series' protagonists, Bree Van de Kamp (portrayed by Marcia Cross ...

, a character in the series ''Desperate Housewives'' *

Rex Britten Rex David Britten is a fictional main character in the American police procedural drama television series ''Awake''. He is portrayed by Dylan Minnette. The character first appeared in "Pilot" and last appeared in " Turtles All the Way Down". He a ...

, a character in the series ''Awake'' * Rex Powers, a dummy in the series ''

Victorious ''Victorious'' (stylized as ''VICTORiOUS'') is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider that originally aired on Nickelodeon, debuting on March 27, 2010, and concluding on February 2, 2013 after four seasons. The series revolves around aspi ...

'' * Rex, a canine character in the Canadian police procedural drama series ''

Hudson & Rex ''Hudson & Rex'' is a Canadian police procedural drama television series, based on the Austrian-Italian drama ''Kommissar Rex''. Played by John Reardon, Detective Charlie Hudson is a policeman in the Major Crimes Division of the St. John's Polic ...

'' * Rex Mohs, a character from ''

Scott the Woz ''Scott the Woz'' (stylized as ''Scott The Woz'') is a gaming comedy review web series created by American YouTuber Scott Wozniak. The series, starring Wozniak, covers video games and gaming history. Episodes are written and directed by Wozni ...

Other fiction

Metal Gear REX are the mecha in the Metal Gear, ''Metal Gear'' series. In the series, a Metal Gear is a bipedal, nuclear weapons-equipped tank. The Metal Gears are typically autonomous nuclear launch platforms which the player must destroy to save the world a ...

, a mecha from the video game ''Metal Gear Solid'' *

Rex the Wonder Dog Rex the Wonder Dog is a fictional superhero dog in the DC Comics universe. Created in 1952 by Robert Kanigher of Wonder Woman fame and artist Alex Toth, Rex has sometimes been compared to Superman's dog Krypto, who was created three years later. W ...

, a DC Comics superhero dog * Rex Fury, one of the main antagonists from the video game ''

Lego City Undercover ''Lego City Undercover'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by TT Fusion and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. It was re-released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment ...

'' * '' Rex Morgan, M.D.'', a comic strip and its title character * Rex, the main protagonist and player character from the video game ''

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the third installment in the '' Xenoblade Chronicles'' series and the sixth main entry in the ''X ...

'' * Lord Rex, a super evolve Vivosaur character from the sequel video game '' Fossil Fighters: Champions'' * Rex Mason, a DC Comics superhero known as

Metamorpho Metamorpho (Rex Mason) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bob Haney and Ramona Fradon, the character debuted as the lead feature in The Brave and the Bold, ''The Brave and the Bold'' (January 1965). ...

* Rex, a main character in the franchise ''

Dinosaur King is a 2005 card-based arcade video game from Sega that uses similar gameplay mechanics to '' Mushiking''. The game was revealed in JAMMA 2005. A Nintendo DS version was also later released. In the fall of 2008, Upper Deck Company rele ...

Music

* ''Rex'' (musical), a stage musical, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick * Rex (band), an alternative rock band * '' Rex (Live at the Fillmore)'', a 2008 album by Keller Williams, Keith Moseley and Jeff Austin *

Rex Records (disambiguation) Rex Records may refer to: * Rex Records (1912), a United States-based company * Rex Records (1933), a United Kingdom-based company selling through Marks & Spencer department stores * Rex Records (1957), a United States-based company in Holyoke, ...

, several record companies *

Rex Orange County Alexander James O'Connor (born 4 May 1998), known professionally as Rex Orange County, is a British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Grayshott, England. '' NPR Music''s Zoë Jones has described O'Connor's music as "a bright b ...

, an English recording artist and songwriter

People

* Rex (given name), for people with the given name * Rex (surname), for people with the surname *

Rex (artist) REX (1943 – March 2024) was an American visual artist and illustrator closely associated with gay fetish artist, fetish art of 1970s and 1980s New York and San Francisco. He avoided photographs and did not discuss his personal life. His draw ...

, American gay pornographic artist * Rex (singer), Li Xinyi (born 1998), Chinese singer and songwriter * Mad Dog Rex, professional wrestler from

All-Star Wrestling All Star Wrestling (ASW), also known as Super Slam Wrestling (SSW), is a British professional wrestling promotion founded by Brian Dixon in 1970 and based in Birkenhead, England. Founded as Wrestling Enterprises of Birkenhead in October 1970, i ...

Places

Rex, Georgia Rex (also known as Hollingsworth) is an unincorporated community in Clayton County, Georgia, United States and Henry County, Georgia also. Its elevation is 797 feet (243 m). Although Rex is unincorporated, it has a post office, with th ...

, an unincorporated community in the United States * Rex, North Carolina, a census-designated place in the United States *

Rex River The Rex River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. It originates near the crest of the Cascade Mountains and flows northwest to join the Cedar River in the Chester Morse Lake reservoir. The Cedar River flows to Lake Washington and, ultim ...

, Washington, United States * Mount Rex, an isolated mountain in Antarctica

Transportation

Air

* Dudek Rex, a Polish paraglider design *

Rex Airlines Rex Airlines Pty Ltd is an Australian regional airline based in Mascot, New South Wales. It operates scheduled regional services using turboprop aircraft. Between 2021 and 2024, Rex also operated jet services between selected major Australian ...

, an Australian airline * The IATA airport code for the General Lucio Blanco International Airport in Reynosa, Mexico * Reporting name for the

Kawanishi N1K The Kawanishi N1K is an Imperial Japanese Navy fighter aircraft which was developed in two forms: the N1K ''Kyōfū'' (, "Strong Wind", Allied reporting name Rex), a floatplane designed to support forward offensive operations where no airstrips ...

Japanese Fighter

Land

* BMW i3 REx, range extender variant of the all-electric BMW i3 *

Subaru Rex The is a Kei car, kei class automobile manufactured and marketed for model years 1972-1992 by Subaru primarily for the Japanese Domestic Market, although it was also sold in Europe, South America, Australia and the Caribbean — variously a ...

, a Japanese Kei car *

Subaru Impreza WRX The Subaru WRX is an all-wheel drive sport compact car manufactured by the Japanese automaker Subaru, originally based on the Impreza created for the World Rally Championship in 1992. Subaru claimed the name WRX stands for "World Rally eXper ...

, a car referred to as "Rex" *

Rex-Acme Rex, Rex Motorcycles, Rex-Acme, (not to be confused with the German manufacturer of similar name) was a car and motorcycle company which began in Birmingham, England in 1900. Rex soon merged with a Coventry maker of bicycles and cars named Alla ...

, a premier British motorcycle company of early 1900s, originally ''Rex'' * Rex (automobile) of Detroit, c. 1914 *

Rex-Simplex The Deutsche Automobil-Industrie Hering & Richard was a German company which produced motor vehicles in its factory in Gera-Untermhaus. From 1904 the company headquarters was in Ronneburg, Thuringia, Ronneburg (Thuringia). Models were produced under ...

and Rex, brand names used by the German company Hering & Richard which produced motor vehicles between 1901 and 1923

Sea

* SS ''Rex'', an Italian luxury ship, sunk by Allied bombers off the coast of Slovenia in 1944 * SS ''Rex'', a floating casino off the coast of Southern California from the late 1930s to the late 1940s, run by mobster Anthony Cornero

Other uses

* Rex (krewe), the Rex Organization, an old-line Mardi Gras krewe ** Rex, king of the

New Orleans Mardi Gras The holiday of Mardi Gras is celebrated in southern Louisiana, including the city of New Orleans. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and through Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday (the start of lent in the West ...

Carnival * Rex Architecture P.C., an architecture and design firm based in New York City, United States *

Rex 84 Rex 84B, short for Readiness Exercise 1984 Bravo, was a classified scenario and drill developed by the United States federal government to detain large numbers of United States residents deemed to be "national security threats" in the event that t ...

, a plan by the United States to test their ability to detain large numbers of American citizens * Rex (chair), a foldable chair * Rex, the dinosaur mascot of the

Calgary Dinos The Calgary Dinos are the athletic teams that represent the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. They were known as the "Dinosaurs" but usually referred to as the "Dinos" until 1999, when the name was officially shortened. Some of its venues ...

athletic teams at the University of Calgary * MP412 REX, a Russian handgun * REX, the Regents External Degree program, a former name of

Excelsior College Excelsior University is a private online university in Albany, New York. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and comprises three schools: the school of undergraduate studies, the school of graduate studies, and the school of nursing ...

* Rex Book Store, a educational book publisher and bookstore chain in the Philippines * Rex Center, a former building in Lowell, Massachusetts * Oligosaccharide reducing-end xylanase, an enzyme *

REX (New Horizons) REX or Radio Science Experiment is an experiment on the ''New Horizons'' space probe to measure properties of the atmosphere of Pluto during the 2015 flyby. Experiment Experiment was designed with several goals including determination of pre ...

, a radio science experiment on the Pluto flyby space probe