HAL

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HAL or Hal may refer to:

• HAL (software), a daemon that implements, on Linux and FreeBSD, a hardware abstraction layer
• HAL Laboratory, a Japanese video game developer
• Hal (band), from Ireland
• The NYSE ticker symbol for Halliburton
• HAL/S, the computer language used to program the space shuttle's computers
• Hλl, a group of Japanese music arrangers
• A short form of the name Harold or Henry
• Hal, the French name for Halle, Belgium
• Ultra Hal Assistant, an artificial intelligence assistant made by Zabaware
• Hal (coyote), who wandered into New York City in 2006
• Hal (A Series of Unfortunate Events), a character from A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Hal Wilkerson, a fictional character from Malcolm in the Middle
• CHNS-FM, aka HAL-FM, a classic rock station in Halifax, Nova Scotia
• HAL 9000, a fictional character in the Space Odyssey series

HAL may be a three-letter acronym for:

• Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, India's largest aerospace company
• Hamburg America Line, cruise ship operator
• Semiconductor maker Monolithic Memories, Inc.'s Hard Array Logic family of programmable logic devices
• Hardware Abstraction Layer, a layer of software that hides hardware differences from higher level programs
• Hawaiian Airlines
• Het Amsterdams Lyceum, a Dutch term meaning the Lyceum of Amsterdam
• HAL 9000, the fictional computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Holland America Line, a cruise ship operator
• Home Automated Living
• Hot air level or Hot Air Leveling, a stage in printed circuit board manufacturing
• HAL 5, an electrically powered exoskeleton suit
• Hybrid Assistive Limb