Hal

¹

[hal]

noun

1. a male given name, form of Harold.

HAL

²

abbreviation

1. halogen lamp.

   The KL 1500 HAL is a 150-watt halogen cold light source.

hal-

³

1. variant of halo- before a vowel.

   halite.

hal-

combining form

1. a variant of halo-

Example Sentences

This snarky, self-aware couple is the type to build themselves a smart house and name its system HAL.

From Los Angeles Times

A fear of machines becoming conscious and posing a threat to humans is explored in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, when the HAL 9000 computer attacks astronauts onboard its spaceship.

From BBC

These songs are closer to the Great American Songbook, echoing the likes of Burt Bacharach and Hal Leonard.

From Salon

While evil artificial intelligence has been used as a thriller motif dating back to at least “2001: A Space Odyssey’s” HAL 9000, today we most often associate AI with customer service chatbots or term paper scribes.

From Los Angeles Times

The RCB team had arrived by a special flight at the old HAL airport to be received by Karnataka Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar.

From BBC