What (who) is HAL - definition
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Hal (disambiguation); Hal (movie); Hal (film)
HAL
1. <computer> HAL 9000, the murdering computer on the
spaceship in the science fiction classic "2001, A Space
Odyssey" by Arthur C. Clark.
"HAL" is "IBM" with each letter changed to the one before
and there is an unconfirmed rumour that 9000 is the sum of the
various IBM computer numbers that were in service at the time.
However, in the sequel "2010", Clarke emphatically denies that
HAL's name is supposed to be "one step ahead of IBM". It is,
rather, short for "heuristic algorithm".
2. <operating system> Hardware Abstraction Layer.
(1995-11-09)
HAL
Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer (Reference: 2001)
HAL
Hardware Abstraction Layer (Reference: Windows NT)
Pronunciation examples for HAL
1. Hal?
Ego is the Enemy _ Ryan Holiday _ Talks at Google
2. HAL VARIAN: Or for Hal?
Roth, Nobel Laureate in Economics _ Talks at Google
3. HAL VARIAN: My name is Hal Varian.
Economics of Great Powers from Ancient Rome to Modern America _ Glenn Hubbard _ Talks Google
4. HAL VARIAN: Hi, I'm Hal Varian.
The Second Machine Age _ Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew McAfee _ Talks at Google
5. not HAL.
ted-talks_1556_ShyamSankar_2012G-320k
Examples of use of HAL
1. The motives behind Keif al–Hal are unusually complex.
2. Hal Weitzman is the FT‘s Andes correspondent, based in Lima
3. ET, more pizzas had arrived, said executive director Hal Cato.
4. Hal McAlister developed the tools to do just that.
5. One friend there, Hal Jackman, told me: "Conrad‘s destiny is to be a poseur.