Technology terms starting with H

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  1. Hidden Text Text on a web page which is visible to search engine spiders but not visible to human visitors.
  2. Hidden Text - SEO Spam Tactic Hidden Text is a SEO spam tactic to hide contextual html text from human visitors to a webpage, however making it available to search engines to spider…
  3. hierarchical computer network A computer network in which processing and control functions are performed at several levels by computers specially suited for the functions performed…
  4. hierarchical data model organization of files based on relationships established along progressive levels of a tree structure, or hierarchy
  5. hierarchical description The principal of archival description in which documentary material is described in aggregates at various prescribed hierarchical levels.
  6. Hierarchical namespace Any namespace that is hierarchically structured and provides rules that allow the namespace to be partitioned.
  7. hierarchical naming A system of naming associated with IBM® Lotus® Notes® IDs that reflects the relationship of names to the certifiers in an organization.
  8. hierarchical routing Routing that is based on hierarchical addressing. Note: Most Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) routing is based on a two-level…
  9. hierarchical view A view that distinguishes between main documents and response documents. Each main document has its response documents indented under it.
  10. hierarchically synchronized network A mutually synchronized network in which some clocks exert more control than others, the network operating frequency being a weighted mean of the natural…
  11. hierarchy A classification of relationships in which each item except the top one (known as the root) is a specialized form of the item above it.
  12. High Assurance Guard (HAG) An enclave boundary protection device that controls access between a local area network that an enterprise system has a requirement to protect, and an…
  13. High Availability A continuously available computer system is characterized as having essentially no downtime in any given year. A system with 99.
  14. high availability (HA) NetApp support for failover; that is, one appliance assuming the identity and duties of a failed appliance.
  15. High Definition Television (HDTV) Television that has approximately twice the horizontal and twice the vertical emitted resolution specified by the NTSC standard.
  16. High Density Aerospace Control Zone (HIDACZ) Airspace designated in an airspace control plan or airspace control order, in which there is a concentrated employment of various weapons and users.
  17. High Earth Orbit (HEO) An orbit about the earth at an altitude greater than 3,000 nautical miles (about 5,600 kilometers).
  18. High Endoatmosphere That portion of the earths atmosphere, generally above 40 km altitude.
  19. High Endoatmospheric Defense Interceptor (HEDI) OBSOLETE. Interceptor concept designed to engage RVs within the (upper or high endo ) atmosphere. (Predecessor to Endo- Exoatmospheric Interceptor (E2I).
  20. High Frequency (HF) The portion of the radio frequency spectrum between between 3 and 30 MHz
  21. High Impact System An information system in which at least one security objective (i.e., confidentiality, integrity, or availability) is assigned a FIPS 199 potential impact…
  22. high level programming language Languages such as Java, C++, Ada, etc. which provide programmers with features such as control structures, methods, classes, packages, etc.
  23. High Order Language (HOL) A programming language that requires little knowledge of the computer on which a program will run, can be translated into several different machine…
  24. high probability of completion (HPC) With reference to American National Standard ANSI T1.631-1993, an aspect of National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) telephone calls, as…
  25. High Sierra format A standard format for placing fields and directories on CD ROM, revised and adopted by the International Organization for Standardization as ISO 9660.
  26. high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) An electromagnetic pulse produced at an altitude effectively above the sensible atmosphere, i.e., above about 120 km.
  27. high-frequency distribution frame (HFDF) A distribution frame that provides terminating and interconnecting facilities for those combined supergroup modulator output circuits and combined…
  28. high-level control In the hierarchical structure of a primary or secondary data transmission station, the conceptual level of control or processing logic that (a) is above…
  29. high-level data link control (HDLC) A Link-Level protocol used to facilitate reliable point-to-point transmission of a data packet.
  30. high-level language (HLL) A computer programming language that is primarily designed for, and syntactically oriented to, particular classes of problems and that is essentially…
  31. high-level language virtual machine virtualization implemented as an application program on top of an operating system.
  32. High-level language virtual machines In high-level language virtual machines, the virtualization layer sits as an application program on top of an operating system.
  33. high-order language Synonym high-level language.
  34. high-pass filter A filter that passes frequencies above a given frequency and attenuates all others.
  35. high-performance equipment Equipment that (a) has the performance characteristics required for use in trunks or links, (b) is designed primarily for use in global and tactical…
  36. high-priority emergency service call A call identified as receiving emergency service treatment, which has been marked as requiring special treatment by the emergency service administration.
  37. high-usage trunk group A group of trunks for which an alternate route has been provided to absorb the relatively high rate of overflow traffic.
  38. Higher Authority Interface Policy, strategy, doctrine, readiness conditions, and rules of engagement from higher authorities for use by the defense system in conducting system…
  39. higher frequency ground Deprecated term name. See facility grounding system.
  40. highway A digital serial-coded bit stream with time slots allotted to each call on a sequential basis. 2.
  41. Hijacking Making a search engine believe that another website exists at your URL. Typically done using techniques such as a 302 redirect or meta refresh.
  42. Hijacking of Websites Hijacking of websites is a practice that makes search engines believe that a specific website resides at another URL.
  43. HIL Human In-the-Loop.
  44. Hilltop Algorithm which ranks results largely based on unaffiliated expert citations. See also: Hilltop: A Search Engine based on Expert Documents
  45. HIMAD High to Medium Altitude Air Defense.
  46. HIMEZ High Altitude Missile Engagement Zone.
  47. HIP Hot Isostatic Processing.
  48. HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) A US federal law that provides rights and protections for participants and beneficiaries in group health plans. [Exchange 2007]
  49. HIPAA Privacy Rule A rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to implement the privacy requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and…
  50. HIRAM High Resolution Infrared Auroral Measurements.
  51. HISEM High Speed Environmental Multi-burst Model.
  52. hiss Noise in the audio frequency range, having subjective characteristics analogous to prolonged sibilant sounds.
  53. Historic The time period after the appearance of written records. In the New World, this generally refers to the time period after the beginning of European…
  54. historical value determination that records possess value in documenting the history of an organization and are thus worthy of permanent preservation See also…
  55. historical view In ArcStorm, a snapshot of the state of a given data source at a given time. In an historical view, the database is not modified, and no data is created…
  56. history A mechanism in ArcStorm to enable the tracking of changes made to a data source.
  57. history list A record of the documents visited during a Web session, which list allows users to access previously visited pages more quickly or to generate a record of…
  58. Hit To take another card.
  59. hit counter An indicator on a Web page that graphically displays the number of previous users that have accessed the page.
  60. HITS Link based algorithm which ranks relevancy scores based on citations from topical authorities.
  61. Hive An open source, data warehouse and analytic package that runs on top of Hadoop.
  62. HK Hard Kill.
  63. HKV Hit to Kill Vehicle.
  64. HLD Hardware Description Language.
  65. HLL Abbreviation for high-level language.
  66. HLLV Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle.
  67. HLR (Home Location Register) The Home Location Register (HLR) is a database for permanent storage of subscriber data and service profiles.
  68. HMC&M Hazardous Material Control and Management.
  69. HMI Human Machine Interface.
  70. HMMWV High Mobility Mutli -purpose Whealed Vehicle (USA term) (pronounced Hum Vee ).
  71. HMPC Hazardous Maintenance Procedure Code.
  72. HMSC Hughes Missile System Corporation.
  73. HNSC House National Security Committee, formerly the House Armed Services Committee. See HASC.
  74. HOB Height of Burst.
  75. hockey puck A polishing fixture used to facilitate the manual finishing of the endfaces of certain types of optical fiber connectors.
  76. HOE A shovel that digs by pulling a broom-and-stick-mounted bucket toward itself.
  77. HOL High Order Language. 128
  78. Hold Used to indicate that a certain amount of a customer's balance may not be withdrawn until an item has been collected, or until a specific check or debit…
  79. hold notice See legal hold.
  80. hold-in frequency range The range of frequencies over which a phase-locked loop can vary and still maintain frequency lock.
  81. hold-in range See hold-in frequency range.
  82. holding area Structure that habitually attracts and holds bass.
  83. holding time The total length of time that a call makes use of a trunk or channel. Note: Holding time is usually measured in seconds. 2.
  84. holdings overall volume and type of records stored in a records center or other repository
  85. home directory The directory you are put into when you log in. On a Unix system, the name is often placed into $ENV{HOME} or $ENV{LOGDIR} by login, but you can also find…
  86. home handle An object that can be used to obtain a reference to the home interface. A home handle can be serialized and written to stable storage and deserialized to…
  87. home interface One of two interfaces for an enterprise bean. The home interface defines zero or more methods for managing an enterprise bean.
  88. home network The carrier's own Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) network. [T1.226-1992]
  89. home page Main page of a Web site. Usually has hyperlinks to other pages, both inside and outside the site.
  90. home server The Exchange server that contains a user's mailbox.
  91. Homeostasis (HOH-mee-oh-STAY-sis) A state of balance among all the body systems needed for the body to survive and function correctly.
  92. Homepage A homepage is the main page of a website. Like a cover of a book or the front of a store, its function is to welcome people and to inform them of the…
  93. homing A process in which a mobile station is directed, or directs itself, toward an electromagnetic, thermal, sonic, or other source of energy, whether primary…
  94. Homing All-the- Way Killer (HAWK) (1) Upgrades to the HAWK interceptor and radar system to provide the Marine Corps with a mobile point theater ballistic missile defense capability.
  95. Homing Device A device, mounted on a missile, to aid its guidance to a target. The homing device uses sensors to detect the position of, or to help predict the future…
  96. Homing Guidance A system by which a missile steers itself towards a target by means of a selfcontained mechanism which is activated by some distinguishing characteristics…
  97. Homing Tandem Operating Company The Homing Tandem Operating Company is the company identified in the Telcordia LERG Routing Guide as being the owner of the tandem to which the NXX code…
  98. homochronous The relationship between two signals such that their corresponding significant instants are displaced by a constant interval of time.
  99. homogeneous cladding In an optical fiber, a cladding in which the nominal refractive index is constant throughout.
  100. homogeneous collection A collection of objects with the same dynamic type. Arrays are the most common homogeneous collection objects. See heterogeneous collection.