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Hacker ethic ---
Hardwired
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Hacker ethic --- A set of moral principles common to the first generation hacker community. According
to hacker ethic, all technical information should, in principle, be freely available to all. However, destroying,
altering, or moving data in a way that could cause injury or expense to others is always unethical.
Hacker jargon --- High Density used expressively by hackers.
Hacker ---
A computer enthusiast who enjoys learning everything about a computer system and, through clever
programming, pushes the system to it's highest possible level of performance. Also known as crackers, these computer
hobbyists are also skilled programmers with a mischievous bent who break into secured computer systems. In 1989,
the New York Times published an article headlined "Invasion of the Data Snatchers" culminating in a ridiculous
series of Secret Service raids in which federal agents confiscated the computer systems of these "dangerous"
individuals.
Hayes compatible --- A type of modem that uses the AT command set.
HAGO ---
Have A Good One - - A shorthand appended to a comment written in an online
forum or e-mail that originates in New York City.
Handle ---
Remember CB radio? Your online nickname or the name you go by in a chat room. Sometimes referred
to as a username.
Handshake ---
Two modems trying to connect first do this to agree on how to transfer data.
Hang
--- When a modem fails to hang up.
Hardware
--- The physical components of a computer system, i.e.: monitor, printer,
keyboard, mouse etc.
Hardwired ---
Online ads set in a fixed position on a page and delivered each time that page is delivered (the
opposite of dynamic rotation).
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HdCD (high
density compact disc) --- Help
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HdCD (high density compact disc) --- See: DVD
Hdtv ---
High Definition Television - A video system with better color and better
audio than any existing TV standard.
Header ---
The portion of a packet which contains the
source and destination addresses, error checking, and other information. A header is also the part of an e-mail
message that precedes the body of the message and contains, among other things, the message originator, date and
time, and subject lines.
Header information --- Data sent to a printer to define
aspects of the printout and prepare the printer prior to printing. PostScript documents include header information.
Heap
--- An area of memory (also known as the "System Resources area")
that Windows uses to store system information (such as menus) about running applications. If the "heap"
fills up, you may get an "out of memory" error, despite the fact that you have plenty of regular memory
(RAM) available. In Windows 95, you have a much less chance of getting an "out of memory" error. Although
Windows 95 still uses a 64K heap to store systems information for 16-bit applications, a lot of the information
that was stored in this area by older versions of Windows is now stored elsewhere. As a result, there is much less
chance of your application failing due to this error.
Hearts
--- A card game included with Windows 95 for up to four players. The winner
is the player who has the fewest points.
Help
--- A program that gives you information about how to run Windows 95 and
its programs, including how to use the Help program.
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Helper application ---
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Helper application --- or helper app is a supplementary program that enables a Web browser
to handle multimedia files, such as animation, audio and video. Most helper apps are freeware or shareware but
do not come with Web browsers, so users must hunt down the ones the want and go through the tedious task of installing
them and configuring so the browser will launch the particular helper app when it encounters a multimedia file.
The RealAudio Player, Nettoob, and LViewPro are examples of helper applications. For more information on
how to set up helper applications with Netscape Navigator, click on the more button below.
Hertz (Hz) ---
A unit of measurement of electrical vibrations; one Hz is equal to one cycle per second.
Hexadecimal
--- A base-16 numbering scheme with values ranging from 0 to 9, and A to
F. Used in many programming languages. Not particularly relevant to users, except that memory address areas are
frequently stated in hexadecimal. Hex is used whenever the actual internals of the computer are being revealed
as in memory addresses and I/O ports.
Hidden
file --- A characteristic of a file that indicates that the file
is not visible in Explorer under normal circumstances. However, by selecting the View Option to view all files,
hidden files will still be visible.
Hierarchical
--- A way of displaying text or graphics in a structure. In a hierarchical
structure, items closer to the top of the structure are considered "parents" of items connected to them,
but which are lower down in the structure. The tree structure of Windows Explorer is an example of a hierarchical
structure.
Hit
--- As used in reference to the World Wide Web, “hit” means a single request
from a web browser for a single item from a web server; thus in order for a web browser to display
a page that contains 3 graphics, 4 “hits” would occur at the server: 1 for the HTML page, and one for each
of the 3 graphics.
“hits” are often used as a very rough measure of load on a server, e.g. “Our server has been getting 300,000 hits
per month.” Because each “hit” can represent anything from a request for a tiny document (or even a request for
a missing document) all the way to a request that requires some significant extra processing (such as a complex
search request), the actual load on a machine from 1 hit is almost impossible to define.
Hops
--- The number of different servers a packet must travel through to reach
its destination. For example, open a dos window and type in tracert www.high-density.com it will show you exactly
how many servers your quest has to travel through.
HotDog ---
The HotDog Professional Web Editor is an HTML Authoring tool for Windows 95. Even though HotDog
is tremendously powerful and feature-rich, the program is very user-friendly thanks to the superb built-in help
files, detailed tutorials and intuitive interface. You can download a free fully-functional evaluation copy of
HotDog now and try this Web editor for 14 days.
Hotmail --- Hotmail is a Web based free e-mail
system. It is based on the premise that e-mail access should be easy and possible from any computer connected to
the World Wide Web. By adhering to the universal HTTP standard Hotmail eliminates all the disparities that exist
in different e-mail systems today. Sending and receiving e-mail using Hotmail is as easy as browsing to the Hotmail
Web site, logging on and sending an e-mail message. By using a Web browser as your e-mail program, Hotmail brings
your personal e-mail to you in a globally retrievable form.
Holywar ---
Arguments that involve certain basic tenets of faith, about which one cannot disagree without setting
one of these off. For example: IBM PCs are inherently superior to Macintosh's.
HotBot ---
A search engine developed by HotWired and
HotBot exploits NOW (Network of Workstations) parallel computing technology, to achieve scalable, supercomputer-class
performance from clusters of reliable, commodity workstations and high-speed local-area networks (LANS).
This NOW technology enables a low-cost system, with unlimited scalability: we can increase the performance
or database size simply by adding more commodity building blocks (machines, disks, or memory) to the collection.
We are not constrained by server chassis or backplane limits, or forced to replace hardware with newer, higher-cost
servers, to scale with the rapid growth of the Internet.
- Search Tip - The best way to get the most out of a search
engine is to understand its features. Always check the sites help page when you arrive to find out what it's features
are. Be Specific: If you are looking for information about the 'Virginia state motto', enter all three of those
words in your search. A search for just 'Virginia motto' will give you more than 600 pages that you don't want.
Use phrases: You can narrow your search further by specifying that the phrase "state motto" must also
appear. Do this by using the pop-up menus in the 'modify' options, or by enclosing the phrase in double quotes
("").
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Hierarchy ---
HP JetAdmin
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Hierarchy ---
In USENET, a category of newsgroups or the way newsgroups are internally categorized.
Home Page (or Homepage) --- Several meanings. Originally,
the web page that your browser is set to use when it starts up. The more common meaning refers to
the main web page for a business, organization, person or simply the main page out of a collection of web pages,
e.g. “Check out so-and-so’s new Home Page.”
Another sloppier use of the term refers to practically any web page as a “homepage,” e.g. “That web site has 65
homepages and none of them are interesting.”
See Also: Browser , Web
Host
drive --- The physical hard drive upon which a DriveSpace compressed
volume file exists (see compressed volume file). You can choose to either show or hide the host drive when
working with Explorer.
Home
Page URL --- The local path or Internet URL to the default page
of the Web site for which WebTrends reports will be generated.
Host
--- Any computer on a network that is a repository for services
available to other computers on the network. It is quite common to have one host machine provide several
services, such as WWW and USENET.
See Also: Node , Network
HP JetAdmin ---
The HP JetAdmin Utility is a tool that can be used to install and configure networked Hewlett-Packard
printers using the HP JetDirect network interface. The HP JetAdmin utility appears as a substitute for the Windows
standard Printer window. This utility can also be used to interface printers connected to a NetWare LAN.
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