Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fix \Fix\, n.
   1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament;
      dilemma. [Colloq.]

            Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No,
            nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can
            not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. --De
                                                  Quincey.

   2. (Iron Manuf.) fettling. [U.S.]

Fix \Fix\ (f[i^]ks), a. [OE., fr. L. fixus, p. p. of figere to
   fix; cf. F. fixe.]
   Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Fix \Fix\, v. i.
   1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease
      from wandering; to rest.

            Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix
            forever here.                         --Waller.

   2. To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease
      to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and
      malleable, as a metallic substance. --Bacon.

   {To fix on}, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to
      determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have
      fixed on certain leading points.

Fix \Fix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fixed} (f[i^]kst); p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Fixing}.] [Cf. F. fixer.]
   1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place
      permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to
      implant; to secure; to make definite.

            An ass's nole I fixed on his head.    --Shak.

            O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May
            also fix their reverence.             --Herbert.

            His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. --Ps.
                                                  cxii. 7.

            And fix far deeper in his head their stings.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as
      the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.

            Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. --Pope.

            One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.
                                                  --Young.

   3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] --Sandys.

   4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating
      with such applications as will make it insensible to the
      action of light. --Abney.

   5. To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to
      set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or
      most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes;
      to fix the furniture of a room. [Colloq. U.S.]

   6. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace)
      with fettling.

   Syn: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle;
        determine.

Source : WordNet®

fix
     v 1: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn
          or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes
          please" [syn: {repair}, {mend}, {bushel}, {doctor}, {furbish
          up}, {restore}, {touch on}] [ant: {break}]
     2: cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the
        door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" [syn: {fasten}, {secure}]
        [ant: {unfasten}]
     3: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify
        the parameters" [syn: {specify}, {set}, {determine}, {limit}]
     4: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
        please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast
        for the guests, please" [syn: {cook}, {ready}, {make}, {prepare}]
     5: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll
        fix him good!"; "This time I got him" [syn: {pay back}, {pay
        off}, {get}]
     6: set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!"
     7: kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for
        microscopic study
     8: make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to
        the frame" [syn: {fixate}]
     9: make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically
        transmissible disbilites are sterilized" [syn: {sterilize},
         {sterilise}, {desex}, {unsex}, {desexualize}, {desexualise}]
     10: put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on
         his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix
         your eyes on this spot" [syn: {situate}, {posit}, {deposit}]
     11: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular
         purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children
         ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to
         leave town after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: {prepare},
         {set up}, {ready}, {gear up}, {set}]

fix
     n 1: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a
          terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn:
          {hole}, {jam}, {mess}, {muddle}, {pickle}, {kettle of
          fish}]
     2: something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a
        narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate"
     3: the act of putting something in working order again [syn: {repair},
         {fixing}, {fixture}, {mend}, {mending}, {reparation}]
     4: an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is
        brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for
        gamblers"
     5: a determination of the location of something; "he got a good
        fix on the target" [syn: {localization}, {localisation}, {location},
         {locating}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

FIX
     
        1.  {Federal Information Exchange}.
     
        2.  {Financial Information eXchange}.
     
        (2001-05-14)

fix
     
        1.  The {fixed point} {combinator}.  Called Y in
        {combinatory logic}.  Fix is a {higher-order function} which
        returns a fixed point of its argument (which is a function).
     
        	fix :: (a -> a) -> a
        	fix f = f (fix f)
     
        Which satisfies the equation
     
        	fix f = x such that f x = x.
     
        Somewhat surprisingly, fix can be defined as the non-recursive
        {lambda abstraction}:
     
        	fix = \ h . (\ x . h (x x)) (\ x . h (x x))
     
        Since this involves self-application, it has an {infinite
        type}.  A function defined by
     
        	f x1 .. xN = E
     
        can be expressed as
     
        	f = fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E)
        	  = (\ f . \ x1 ... \xN . E)
        		(fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E))
        	  = let f = (fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E))
        	    in \ x1 ... \xN . E
     
        If f does not occur {free} in E (i.e. it is not {recursive})
        then this reduces to simply
     
        	f = \ x1 ... \ xN . E
     
        In the case where N = 0 and f is free in E, this defines an
        infinite data object, e.g.
     
        	ones = fix (\ ones . 1 : ones)
        	     = (\ ones . 1 : ones) (fix (\ ones . 1 : ones))
        	     = 1 : (fix (\ ones . 1 : ones))
        	     = 1 : 1 : ...
     
        Fix f is also sometimes written as mu f where mu is the Greek
        letter or alternatively, if f = \ x . E, written as mu x . E.
     
        Compare {quine}.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1995-04-13)
     
        2. {bug fix}.
     
        (1998-06-25)