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4 definitions found From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: HAL 1.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. {Hardware Abstraction Layer}. (1995-11-09) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: HAL Hard Array Logic From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer (Windows NT) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: HAL Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer (2001)
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