HAL
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
HAL (plural HALs)
- (software) Acronym of hardware abstraction layer.
Etymology 2[edit]
From the fictional HAL 9000.
Noun[edit]
HAL (plural HALs)
- (fiction, computing) A homicidal computer, an artificial intelligence that acts similarly to the HAL 9000 featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey.