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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>bixie</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bitty-box.html" title="bitty box"/><link rel="next" href="black-art.html" title="black art"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">bixie</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bitty-box.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="black-art.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="bixie"/><dt xmlns="" id="bixie"><b>bixie</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/bik´see/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Variant <a href="../E/emoticon.html"><i class="glossterm">emoticon</i></a>s used BIX (the BIX
Information eXchange); the term survived the demise of BIX itself. The
most common (<a href="../S/smiley.html"><i class="glossterm">smiley</i></a>) bixie is &lt;@_@&gt;,
representing two cartoon eyes and a mouth. These were originally invented
in an SF fanzine called APA-L and imported to BIX by one of the earliest
users.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bitty-box.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="black-art.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bitty box </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> black art</td></tr></table></div></body></html>