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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats