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H&SHeadquarters and Service
H-MLPHigh Speed Multi Layer Protocol
H-PlaneThe H-Plane is the plane in which the magnetic field of the antenna lies. The H-Plane is perpendicular to the E-Plane.
H/VHeight/Velocity
H/WHardWare
HAHigh Availability
HAHolding Area
HAAHeavy Antiaircraft Artillery
HAARPHigh Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
HACHouse Appropriations Committee
HACVHeavy Armament Combat Vehicle
HAEHigh Altitude Endurance
HAGHelicopter Action Group
HAGCHelicopter Action Group Commander
HAIHigh-level Analog Input
HALHard Array Logic
HALHardware Abstraction Layer
HALHardware Adaptation Layer
HAMHierarchial Archive Manager
HAMPSHost AUTODIN Message Processing System
HANHealth Alert Network
HANAPHardness Assessment and Network Analysis Program
HANEHigh Altitude Nuclear Explosion
HAPHost Access Protocol
HAPSHurricane Airborne Profiling System
HARHelicopter Assault Regiment
HARDMANManpower Planning for Hardware (Navy/USMC)
HARMHigh Apeed Anti-Radiation Missile
HARMHigh Speed Anti-Radiation Missile
HASHardened Aircraft Shelter
HASCHouse Armed Services Committee
HASCHouse Armed Services Committee (now HNSC)
HASPHardware Against Software Piracy
HASTHighly Accelerated Stress Test
HATISHearing Aid Telephone Interconnect System
HATPHigh Availability Transaction Processing
HATSHead and Torso Simulator
HAZCONHazardous Conditions
HAZMATHazardous Material
HBHandbook
HBAHost Bus Adapter
HBCHouse Budget Committee
HBCUHistorically Black Colleges and Universities
HBCU/MIHistorically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institution program
HBDHierarchical Block Design
HBFFHit By Friendly Fire
HBRHigh Bit Rate
HBRHouse Budget Resolution
HBRHuman Behavior Representation
HBSHardware Breakdown Structure
HBTHetro-Junction Bipolar Transistor
HBTWGHuman Behavior Technology Working Group
HBVHuman Behavior Variables
HCHazardous Code
HCHelicopter Coordinator
HCHigh-speed CMos
HCAHead of the Contracting Activity
HCAHigh Consequence Area
HCCSHigh Confidence Computing Systems
HCFHigh Cycle Fatigue
HCIHardness Critical Item
HCIHardware Configuration Item
HCIHost Controller Interface
HCIHuman Computer Interaction
HCIHuman Computer Interface
HCLHardware Compatibility List
HCLHierarchy Chart Language
HCPHardness Critical Process
HCPHazardous Critical Procedures
HCSHelicopter Coordination Section
HCTHardware Compatibility Tests
HCTHigh-speed CMos with TTL inputs
HCTRHigh Capacity Trunk Radio
HCUHard Copy Utility
HCUHelicopter Control Unit
HDHard Disk
HDHard Drive
HDHigh Density
HDAHard Disc Assembly
HDAHeads, Actuator, frame and Discs
HDBKHandbook
HDCHarbor Defense Commander
HDCHard Disc Controller
HDCHard Disk Controller
HDCHelicopter Defense Command
HDCHelicopter Direction Center
HDCHelicopter Director Center
HDCUHarbor Defense Command Unit
HDDHard Disc Drive
HDDHard Disk Drive
HDDHigh Density Disk
HDDSHazardous Device Disposal Squad
HDFHierarchical Data Format
HDGHeading
HDIHead-to-Disk Interface
HDIHigh Density Interconnect
HDIPHazardous Duty Incentive Pay
HDLHardware Description Language
HDLHarry Diamond Laboratories
HDLCHigh Level Data Link Control
HDLCHigh-Level Data Link Control
HDLCHigh-level Data Link Control Protocol
HDLUHigh speed Dynamic Link Unit
HDMHardware Device Module
HDMHierarchical Development Methodology
HDMLHandheld Device Markup Language
HDOPHorizontal Dilution Of Precision
HDPHardware Development Plan
HDRHigh Data Rate
HDRRMHigh-Density Radiation-Resistant Microelectronics
HDSHierarchical Design System
HDSHigh Definition Systems
HDSHybrid Decision Support
HDSLHigh-data-rate Digital Subscriber Line
HDTPHyper-Data Transfer Protocol
HDTVHigh Definition Television
HDUHelmet Display Unit
HDUXHalf Duplex Transmission
HDXHalf Duplex
HEHigh End
HEHigh Explosive
HEHuman Engineering
HEHydrophone Effect
HeadingThe direction of an aircraft path with respect to magnetic or true north.
HEADTSHelicopter and Aircraft Detection Training System
HEALTHelicopter Employment and Assault Landing Table
HEATHeadquarters Effectiveness Assessment Tool
HECHeader Error Count
HECHelicopter Element Coordinator
HECHigh Endurance Cutters
HEDMHigh Energy Density Matter
HEDNAHotel Electronic Distribution Network Association
HEELSHelicopter Emergency Egress Lighting System
HEFSHierarchical Environmental Feature Structure
HEIHigh Explosive Incendiary
HEIACHydraulic Engineering Information Analysis Center
HELHardware Emulation Layer
HELHigh Energy Laser
HELIPACHelicopter Piloted Air Combat Model
HELOHelicopter
HEMLHigh Energy Microwave Laboratory
HEMPHigh Energy Electromagnetic Pulses
HEMPHigh-altitude Electro-Magnetic Pulse
HEMTHigh Electron Mobility Transistor
HEMTTHeavy Expanded Mobility Ammunition Trailer
HEPHigh Explosive Plastic
HEPAHigh Efficiency Particle Arrester
HERFHazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Fuel
HERFHazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Fuels
HEROHazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordinance
HEROHazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance
HEROHeuristic Route Organization
HERPHazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Personnel
HERSHelicopter Expedient Refueling System
HESHome Electronic System
HESHostile Environment Simulator
HESHHigh Explosive Squash Head
HETHARPOON Embedded Trainer
HETHeavy Equipment Transport
HETHeavy Equipment Transporter
HETHuman Exploitation Team
HEUHighly Enriched Uranium
HEXHEXadecimal
HFHigh Frequency. The portion of the radio spectrum from 3 to 30 MHz. HF communication systems operate in the 2 to 30 MHz portion of the spectrum.
HFHeight Finder
HFHigh Frequency
HFHuman Factor
HF-ATSSHigh Fidelity Acoustic Time Series Simulator
HF/DFHigh Frequency/Direction Frequency
HF/SSBHigh Frequency/Single Sideband
HFCHybrid Fiber Coax
HFDLHigh-Frequency Data Link
HFDLHigh Frequency Data Link
HFDSHighly Functional Distributed Systems
HFEHuman Factors Engineering
HFEAHuman Factors Engineering Analysis
HFEAHuman Factors Engineering Assessment
HFENHigh Frequency Emergency Network
HFIPHigh Frequency Improvement Program
HFMHuman Figure Models
HFRHybrid Fibre Radio
HFRGHigh Frequency Radio Group
HFSHigh-Frequency System
HFSSHigh-Frequency Structure Simulator
HFSWRHigh Frequency Surface-Wave Radar
HFTAHardware Fault Tree Analysis
HFTPHybrid-Fiber Twisted Pair
HGAHigh Gain Antenna
HGCHercules Graphics Card
HGHSHigh Gain High Sensitivity
HGMLHyper Graphics Markup Language
HGRHanger
HHCHand Held Computer
HHDHand Held Devices
HHDLHierarchical Hardware Description Language
HHLDHeading Hold
HHQHigher Headquarters
HHSDepartment of Health and Human Services
HHTHand Held Terminal
HHTS(Department of) Health and Human Services
HIHigh
HIHigh Impedance
HIAHearing Industries Association
HICHuman Interaction Capability
HICANSHigh-speed Collision Avoidance and Navigation System
HICAPHigh Capacity
HICAPHigh Capacity (antenna between aircraft)
HICAPHigh Combat Air Patrol
HIDHuman Interface Device
HIDACZHigh Density Airspace Control Zone
HIDSHeadquarters Information Distribution System (Canadian Army)
HIFRHelicopter In Flight Refuelling
HIFRHover Inflight Refueling
HIGHigh Interest Grid
HIGEHover In Ground Effect
HILHorizontal Integrity Limit
HILEXHigh Level Exercise
HIMAHealth Industry Manufacturers Association
HIMARSHigh-Mobility Artillery Rocket System
HIMATHighly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology
HIMATEHigh Mach Turbine Engine
HIMEZHigh Missile Engagement Zone
HIMSSHealth Information Management and Systems Society
HINEHeterogeneous In-house Networking Environment
HINSHelicopter Integrated Navigation System
HIPARHigh Power Acquisition Radar
HiPERHigh Performance Embedded Reasoning
HIPERLANHigh Performance Local Area Network (European)
HIPIRHigh Power Illumination Radar
HIPOHierarchical input Process output
HIPPIHigh Performance Parallel Interface
HIPPPIHigh Performance Parallel Processor Interface
HIPRAHigh Speed Digital Processor Architecture
HIRHydrostatic Impact Rocket
HIRFHigh Intensity Radiated Field
HIRFHigh Intensity Radiated Fields
HIRPHarpoon Imaging infrared Program
HISHardware Intensive Systems
HISHospital Information System
HISHostile Intelligence Service
HISHuman Systems Integration
HISAHealth Information Systems Architecture
HISAHierarchical Intelligent Simulation Environment
HISAMHigh Altitude Surface-to-Air Missile
HITISHospitality Industry Technology Integration Standards
HITLHuman In The Loop
HITSHawaiian Information Transfer System
HIVHuman Immunodeficiency Virus
HKHook
HKMHawthorne Key Management
HLAHigh Level Architecture
HLCHigher Layer Compatibility
HLCSHigh Lift Control System
HLDHold
HLEHigher Layer Entity
HLFHome Location Function
HLGHigh Level Group
HLHSHidden Line Hidden Surface
HLIHigh Layer Information
HLLHigh Level Language
HLLAPIHigh Level Language Application Programming Interface
HLPSHot Liquid Process Simulator
HLRHome Location Register
HLSCHelicopter Logistics Support Center
HLSGHigh Level Steering Group
HLSTHigh Level Study Team
HLTFHigh Level Task Force
HLTFCACHigh Level Task Force on Conventional Arms Control
HLTFSTHigh Level Task Force Support Team
HLTGHigh Level Task Group
HLWGHigh Level Working Group
HLZHelicopter Landing Zone
HMHardness Maintenance
HMHazardous Material
HMHydrogen Monitor
HM and EHull, Mechanical and Electrical
HM&EHull Mechanical and Electrical
HM/HSHardness Maintenance/Hardness Surveillance
HM/HWHazardous Material/Hazardous Waste
HMAHigh Memory Area
HMACKeyed-Hashing for Message Authentication
HMC&MHazardous Material Control and Management
HMDHead Mounted Display
HMDHelmet Mounted Display
HMGHeavy Machine Gun
HMGHoming
HMGPHazard Mitigation Grant Program
HMHHeavy Marine Helicopter
HMIHuman Machine Interface
HMIHorizontal Motion Index
HMLHazardous Material List
HMLHot Mockup laboratory
HMLAHelicopter Marine Light Attack
HMMHelicopter Marine Medium
HMMPHazardous Material Management Plan
HMMPHyper Media Management Protocol
HMMRSSHelmet Mounted Mission Rehearsal Simulation System
HMMSHypermedia Management Schema
HMMWVHigh Mobility Mulitpurposed Wheeled Vehicle
HMMWVHigh Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle
HMMWVHigh Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
HMMWVHigh-Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle
HMNVHelmet-Mounted Night Vision
HMOSHigh Density Metal Oxide Semiconductor
HMOSHi speed Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
HMOSHigh Performance Metal Oxide Semiconductor
HMOSHigh-density Metal Oxide Semiconductor
HMPCHazardous Maintenance Procedures Code
HMPTTHealth Management Protocol Test Tool
HMRHazardous Material Regulation
HMSHelmet Mounted Sight
HMSHuman Safety Mandatory Modification
HMS/DSHelmet Mounted Sight/Display System
HMT/DHelmet-Mounted Tracker and Display
HMUHelmet Mounted Unit
HMUHydromechanical Unit
HMVHigh Mobility Vehicle
HNHome Network
HNHost Nation
HNCSHost Naval Computer System
HNDLGHandling
HNGHanging
HNGHinge
HNIHome Network Identity
HNIPHost Nation In Place
HNOSHome NetWork Operating System
HNSHost Nation Support
HNSHughes Network Systems
HNSAHost Nation Support Agreement
HNSCHouse National Security Committee (formerly HASC)
HOBHeight Of Burst
HOBAHigh Off-Boresight Angle
HODHead Of Delegation
HOGEHover Out of Ground Effect
HOLHigh Order Language
HOLHigher Order Language
HOMHead Of Mission
HOMHigher Order Model
HOOPSHierarchical Object Oriented Picture System
HOOPSHierarchical Object-Oriented Programming System
HORHome of Record
HORHorizontal
HORIZHorizontal
HOSTHeadquarters On-line Systems for Transportation
HOSTHybrid Open Systems Technology (Dept of Veterans Affairs)
HOTHealth-Oriented Telecommunications
HOTASHands On Throttle And Stick
HOTMACHigh Order Turbulence Model for Atmospheric Circulations
HOTTSHarpoon Operator Team Training System
HOVHigh Occupancy Vehicle
HOVHover
HOWHand-Over Word
HPHigh Pressure
HPHewlett packard
HPHigh Power
HPHigh Profile
HPHorse Power
HP-MSOGSHigh Performance-Molecular Sieve Oxygen Generation System
HP-UXHewlitt Pakard's UNIX
HPAHigh Power Amplifier
hPahecto Pascal
HPAHard Physical Address
HPACHazard Prediction Assessment Capability
HPCHigh Pressure Compressor
HPCHandheld Personal Computer
HPCHigh Performance Computer
HPCHigh Performance Computing
HPCHigh Probability of Completion
HPCCHigh Performance Computers and Communication
HPCCHigh Performance Computing and Communications
HPCCITHigh Performance Computing, Communications, and Information Technology
HPCCITHigh Performance Computing, Communications, and Information Technology Subcommittee
HPCIHarmonized Programmable Communications Interface
HPCMPHigh Performance Computing Modernization Program
HPCSHigh Performance Computing Systems
HPDUHydraulic Power Drive Unit
HPFHigh Pass Filter
HPFSHigh Performance File System
HPGLHewlett-Packard Graphics Language
HPIBHewlwtt Packard Interface Bus
HPKBHigh Performance Knowledge Base
HPLHigh-level Programming Language
HPLHome-Phone LAN
HPLCHigh-Performance Liquid-Chromatography
HPLIHigher Layer Protocol Identifiers
HPLVHigh Priority Low Volume
HPMHigh Power Microwave
HPMCHigh Priority Machine Check
HPMSHierarchical Process Modeling System
HPMWAMHigh Power Microwave Weapon Assessment Model
HPNAHome Phoneline Network Alliance
HPPIHigh Performance Parallel Interface
HPPPHigh Performance Parallel Processor
HPPSHigh Pressure Pump Station
HPRHigh Power Relay
HPRHigh Performance Routing
HPSHigh Performance System
HPSCHigh Performance Super Computer
HPSLTHigh Power Semiconductor Laser Technology
HPSOVHigh Pressure Shutoff Valve
HPSSHigh Performance Storage System
HPTHigh Pressure Turbine
HPTHazard Prediction Tool
HPTHigh Payoff Target
HQHave Quick
HQHeadquarters
HQ AIRNORTHHeadquarters Allied Air Forces North
HQ AIRSOUTHHeadquarters Allied Air Forces South
HQ NAEW&C FCHeadquarters NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control, Force Command
HQ NAVNORTHHeadquarters Allied Naval Forces North
HQ NAVSOUTHHeadquarters Allied Naval Forces South
HQ NORTHHeadquarters Allied Forces Northern Europe
HQ SACLANTHeadquarters Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
HQ SSGHead Quarters Standard Systems Group
HQ SSG (AQ)Head Quarters Standard Systems Group (Acquisitions Directorate)
HQ STRIKFLTLANTHeadquarters Striking Fleet Atlantic
HQ SUBACLANTHeadquarters Submarines Atlantic
HQAETCHeadquarters Air Education and Training Command
HQAMCHeadquarters Air Mobility Command
HQAUHeadquarters Air University
HQDAHeadquarters, Department of the Army
HQIIHave Quick II
HQMCHeadquarters Marine Corps
HQUSACEHeadquarters United States Army Corps of Engineers
HQUSAFHeadquarters United States Air Force
HRHazard Report
HRHouse of Representatives (US Congress)
HRHuman Resources
HR-XMLHuman Resources eXtensible Markup Language
HRCHybrid Ring Control
HRCHypothetical Reference Circuits
HRCPHigh Resolution Cloud Prognosis Model
HRDHuman Resources Development
HRDHypothetical Reference Decoder
HRDJ1Hardwired Jack
HRFHigh Readiness Force
HRIHuman Readable Interpretation
HRISHuman Resource Information System
HRMSHuman Resource Management School (AF)
HRMSSHuman Resources Management Support System
HRPHelicopter Reference Point
HRPHuman Remains Pouch
HRPDHigh Rate Packet Data
HRSSHigh Resolution Simulation System
HRTFHead Related Transfer Function
HSHarmonized Standards
HSHarmonized System
HSHigh Speed
HSALHigh Speed Algebraic Logic
HSARPAHomeland Security Advanced Research Project Agency
HSBHue Saturation Brightness
HSCHardware Systems Commands
HSCHigh-Speed Craft
HSCHuman Systems Center
HSCDSHigh Speed Cable Data Services
HSCSDHigh Speed Circuit Switched Data
HSDHigh Speed Data Channel
HSDHorizontal Situation Display
HSDCHigh Speed Digital Chart
HSFBHigh Speed Fleet Broadcast
HSIHorizontal Situation Indicator. An indicator that displays bearing, glideslope, distance, radio source, course and heading information.
HSIHardware/Software Integration
HSIHigh Speed Serial Interface
HSIHispanic Serving Institutions
HSIHorizontal Situation Indicator
HSIHot Section Inspection
HSIHuman Systems Integration
HSIHyper Spectral Imagery
HSI/DDSMHuman Systems Integration/Directory of Design Support Methods
HSIACHuman Systems Information Analysis Center (Replaces Crew System Ergonomics Information Analysis Center
HSIN-CIHomeland Security Information Network-Critical Infrastructure
HSLHeading Select
HSLNHigh Speed Local Network
HSMHierarchical Storage Management
HSMHigh Speed Memory
HSMHigh Speed Modem
HSMSTHigh Speed Maneuverable Surface Target
HSOHuman Services Officer
HSOKHunter/Standoff Killer
HSPHigh Speed Processor
HSPHost Signal Processing
HSPHosting Service Provider
HSRHigh Stability Reference
HSRHigh Speed Research
HSRCHypotherical Signaling Reference Connection
HSSHealth Service Support
HSSHunter Sensor Suite
HSSIHigh Speed Serial Interface
HSSVHigh Speed Surface Vessel
HSTHawaiian Standard Time
HSTHelicopter Support Team
HSTHoist
HSTU-CHigh Speed Transceiver Unit - Central
HSTU-RHigh Speed Transceiver Unit - Remote
HSYNCHorizontal SYNC
HTCHome Training Center
HTCLHover Trim Controller
HTFHeadline Task Force
HTHCalcium Hypochloride
HTIHorizontal Technology Integration (Army)
HTIHostile Target Identification
HTLHigh-Threshold Logic
HTMLHyperText Markup Language
HTOLHigh Temperature Operating Life
HTRSHeaters
HTSHigh Temperature Superconductivity
HTTHighly Transportable Terminal
HTTPHyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTPDHyperText Transfer Protocol Daemon
HTUHandheld Terminal Unit
HTUHandheld Thermal Unit
HUDHeads Up Display
HUDHead Up Display
HUDHousing and Urban Development
HUDHead-Up Display Systems
HUMINTHuman Intelligence
HUNTEXMinehunting Exercise
HUSHardened Unique Storage
HUSKHardened Unique Storage Key
HUSLEHelicopter Underslung Load Equipment
HVACHeating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
HVACHeating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
HVDHigh Voltage Differential
HVPSHigh Voltage Power Supply
HVRHover
HVTHigh Value Target
HVUHigh Value Unit
HWHardware
HWHazardous Wast
HWHazardous Waste
HW/SWILHardware/Software In The Loop
HWCIHardware Configuration Item
HWILHardware In the Loop
HWILHardware-In-the-Loop
HWPHeavy Weather Plan
HWYHighway
HXHeat Exchanger
HYDHydraulic
HYDIMHydraulic Interface Module
HYDRHydraulic
HYDRAHierarchical Yet Dynamic Radio Architecture
HyposHypotheses
HYPROOFHyper-Programming System by Object-Oriented Formula
HYSASHydrographic Source Assessment System
HySTPHypersonic Systems Technology Program
HyTechHypersonic Technology
HYTIMEHypermedia/Time-Based Structuring Language
HyTIMEHypermedia Time Based Structuring Language
HzHertz (cycles per second)
HZHertz