HR
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HR, Hr or hr may refer to:
Science, technology and engineering
- HR (gene) (Hairless homolog (mouse)), a gene which encodes a protein whose function has been linked to hair growth
- HR (software), a program that automatically forms mathematical theories by searching for sequences of numbers
- Haemodynamic response, rapid delivery of blood to active neuronal tissues
- Half Rate (HR or GSM-HR), a speech coding system for GSM developed in the early 1990s
- Hazard ratio, the effect of an explanatory variable on the hazard or risk of an event
- Heart rate (HR), a measure of the number of heart beats per minute (bpm)
- Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (H-R diagram or HRD, also known as a colour-magnitude diagram or CMD), used in understanding stellar evolution in astronomy and astrophysics
- High-Resolution High-Definition (HRHD, HR, HRHDTV or HR.HDTV), referring to an image resolution derived from high-definition video
- Homologous recombination, in genetics, the process in which genetic material is exchanged between two similar or identical strands of DNA
- Hypersensitive response, a mechanism used by plants to prevent the spread of infection by microbial pathogens
- Hydroxyethylrutoside, a class of drugs
- Hayati-Roberts link frame convention (HR), a robotics convention for representation of coordinates
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, an HTML element that creates a 'horizontal rule' or dividing line - Abbreviation for hour
- Star catalogue symbol standing for Harvard observatory, Revised photometry
Government and politics
- .hr - Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Croatia
- ISO 639 code for Croatian language
- Hampton Roads, a region of south-eastern Virginia
- Haryana, a state in northern India
- High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (High Representative), the foreign policy chief of the European Union
- United States House of Representatives and all bills originating therefrom
- HR postcode area, covering six post towns around Hereford, England
People
- H. R. (b. 1956), lead singer of Bad Brains
- Harley Race (b. 1943), retired pro wrestler, current promoter
- Harold Reynolds (b. 1960), former major league baseball player, current commentator
- Henry Rollins (b. 1961), American singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, actor, activist and publisher
- Himesh Reshammiya (b. 1973), Indian composer, singer and actor
- Hrithik Roshan (b. 1974), Indian actor
Arts and entertainment
- H. R. Pufnstuf, a children's television series
- Haibane Renmei, an anime series
- Halo Reach, a 2010 video game from Bungie Studios
- Hannibal Rising (film), a 2007 thriller featuring the Hannibal Lecter character
- Homestar Runner, a flash animated Internet cartoon
- HR (girl group), a Japanese idol girl group
- A television drama starring Alicia Silverstone
- A criminal organisation in the American TV series Person of Interest
Business and finance
- Human resource management (HRM, or simply HR), in the sense of personnel services in organisations
- 'High Risk', the lowest level of credit rating in some systems
- Ukrainian hryvnia, the currency of Ukraine
Transportation
- Heritage railway, a term used for a railway which is run as a tourist attraction
- Highland Railway, one of the smaller British railways before the Railways Act of 1921
- 'HR', IATA airline designator for Hahn Air
- 'HR', 1960s car model of Australian automaker Holden
Other uses
- 'HR', abbreviation of 'human remains', a term used by entities such as funeral homes
- Hessischer Rundfunk (Hessian Broadcasting) (HR), public broadcaster for the German state (Bundesland) of Hessen
- Hispanic Review, an academic journal published by the University of Pennsylvania Press
- Home run, in the sport of baseball
- Human Rights, "Rights" and "Freedoms" to which all humans are entitled