Associations to the word «Hal»

Wiktionary

HAL, proper noun. A diminutive of the male given names Henry, Harold and Harry.
HAL, abbreviation. (software) hardware abstraction layer
HAL, proper noun. (idiomatic) (fiction) (computing) a homicidal computer, an artificial intelligence that acts similarly to the HAL 9000 featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke