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Dox vs Dex - What's the difference?

dox | dex |

As nouns the difference between dox and dex

is that dox is (slang) documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc) while dex is (physics|and|astrophysics) an order or factor of ten used both to refer to the function \mathrm{dex}(x) = 10^x and the number of (possibly fractional) orders of magnitude separating two numbers when dealing with log to the base 10 transform of a number set the transform of 10, 100, and 1 000 000 is \log_{10}(10) = 1, \log_{10}(100) = 2, and \log_{10}(1 000 000) = 6, so the difference between 10 and 100 in base 10 is 1 dex and the difference between 1 and 1 000 000 is 6 dex or dex can be (informal) dextromethorphan or dex can be (gaming) dexterity.

As a verb dox

is (slang|transitive) to publish the personal information of (an individual) on the internet.

dox

English

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • (slang) Documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc.).
  • * 1995 , "J Eric Chard", Will Vinton's Playmation'' (on newsgroup ''comp.graphics.animation )
    • Why is it that, even after DECADES of carping from Jerry Pournelle, software companies STILL don't hire competent professionals to write their dox ?
  • * 2002 , "X", this is getting old'' (on newsgroup ''houston.general )
    • its ok, someone emailed me his address, phone
  • , ss#, the works. seems theres(SIC) someone out there that dislikes him more than i do. i cant wait to hear how many people have his dox now. this should be really interesting...
  • * 2004 , "Andrew D Kirch", Here is something that will work for the rest of us'' (on newsgroup ''news.admin.net-abuse.email )
    • judging by the lack of the 6 it would appear we have our spammer here, LETS(SIC) PULL HIS DOX !

    Verb

  • (slang) To publish the personal information of (an individual) on the Internet.

    • Alternative forms

    * doxx

    Synonyms

    * namefag

    dex

    English

    Etymology 1

    Contraction of "decimal exponent".

    Noun

    (dexes)
  • (physics, and, astrophysics) An order or factor of ten. Used both to refer to the function \mathrm{dex}(x) = 10^x and the number of (possibly fractional) orders of magnitude separating two numbers. When dealing with log to the base 10 transform of a number set the transform of 10, 100, and 1 000 000 is \log_{10}(10) = 1, \log_{10}(100) = 2, and \log_{10}(1 000 000) = 6, so the difference between 10 and 100 in base 10 is 1 dex and the difference between 1 and 1 000 000 is 6 dex.
  • * 2004 , Cartledge et al 2004, The Homogeneity of Interstellar Oxygen in the Galactic Disk'', Abstract, ''The Astrophysical Journal , Volume 613, Issue 2, pp. 1037-1048,
    • The data points for low- paths are scattered more widely than those for denser sight lines, because O/H ratios for such paths shorter than 800 pc are generally about 0.10 dex lower than the values for longer ones.
    See also
    * order of magnitude, decibel

    Etymology 2

    By shortening.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal) dextromethorphan

    • Etymology 3

    By shortening.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (gaming) dexterity
  • * 2000 , "Billy Shields", The truth about offhand procs'' (on newsgroup ''alt.games.everquest )
    • Establish a proccing percentage of a weapon by putting it in the primary hand and then put it in your offhand and check the proccing percentage with varying levels of dual wield skill (while keeping level and dex constant).

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