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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley