| H |
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| HAL |
Hardware Abstraction Layer (Microsoft Direct3D virtual 3D video
accelerator interface APIs). |
| Half-Duplex |
One way modem communication protocol (simplex or
local-echo). |
| HAVi |
Home Audio Video interoperability (entertainment APIs). |
| HD |
Hard Disk. |
| HDA |
High reliability Hard Disk Assembly. |
| HDC |
Hard Drive Controller. |
| HDD |
Hard Disk Drive. |
| HD-DVD |
High Definition Digital Versatile Disk (future standard). |
| HD-ROM |
High Definition Read Only Media (Norsam Technology). |
| HDSL |
High bit rate Digital Subscriber Line modem. |
| HDSS |
Holographic Data Storage System (IBM). |
| HDTV |
High Definition TeleVision (new digital TV standard: 1200
lines). |
| HDVD |
High Definition Digital Video Disc (Sonic/Ravisent). |
| HDVP |
High Definition Video Processor (NVidia GeForce2 GTS). |
| HEL |
Hardware Emulation Layer (Microsoft Direct3D virtual 3D video
rasterization device). |
| HFC |
Hybrid Fiber Coaxial cable system. |
| HFS |
Hierarchical File System (CD-ROM, MacOS). |
| HGL |
Hewlett Packard Graphics Language image file. |
| HID |
Human Interface Devices. |
| HiFD |
High density 200 MB Floppy Drive standard (Sony/Fuji). |
| Hi-Fi |
High Fidelity (audio/video). |
| HIMEM |
Microsoft HIgh/Extended MEMory Manager (HIMEM.SYS). |
| HIPPI |
HIgh Performance Parallel Interface (ANSI X3T9.3
standard). |
| HMA |
High Memory Area. |
| HP |
Hewlett Packard Corporation. |
| HPC |
Handheld Personal Computer. |
| HPFS |
High Performance File System (OS/2). |
| HSDRAM |
High Speed Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory. |
| HSR |
Hidden Surface Removal 3D polygon rendering (NVidia NV20 + 3dfx
Voodoo5/6). |
| HTML |
HyperText Markup Language (W3C). |
| HTTP |
HyperText Transfer Protocol. |
| HVD |
High Voltage Differential standard (SCSI-2). |
| Hz |
Hertz (clock speed). 1 Hz 1 clock cycle. |
