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Hrærekr Ringslinger Hrærekr Ringslinger or RingscattererThe translation of the name found in Njal's saga, Old Icelandic: Hrærekr slöngvanbaugi, Old Danish: Rørik Slængeborræ or Rørik Slyngebond was a legendary 7th century king of Zealand or Denmark, who appears in Chronicon Lethrense, Annals of Lund, Gesta Danorum, Sögubrot, Njál's saga and in Hversu Noregr byggdist.
Hræsvelgr In Norse mythology, Hræsvelgr, (Corpse Swallower), is a giant. According to Vafþrúðnismál the wind is a product of Hræsvelgr sitting at the end of the skies in eagle shape beating his wings, repeated by Snorri in Gylfaginning.
Hreiðars þáttr Hreiðars þáttr heimska or the Tale of Hreiðarr the Stupid is one of the short tales of Icelanders. It tells of Hreiðarr, an apparently retarded Icelandic man who travels to Norway in the time of the joint rule of the kings Magnús góði and Haraldr harðráði.
Hretha Hretha is often separated from Hrethmonath, the third month of the Anglo-Saxon calendar, corresponding to March, as reported by Bede, writing in De Tempore Ratione 725 ("On the Reckoning of Time"), Ch. xv, "The English months":
Hri Kumar Hri Kumar Sangaran is a Member of Parliament of Singapore, representing the Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC. The GRC was not contested during the 2006 general election and a walkover was awarded to Hri and and his party, the People's Action Party.
Hrimthurs In Norse mythology, hrimthurs ("rime giant," though commonly translated as "frost giant") is any one of the particular tribe of giants who are made of ice and inhabit Niflheim, a land of eternal cold.
Hringhorni In Norse mythology, Hringhorni is the name of the ship of Baldr, described as the "greatest of all ships". According to Gylfaginning, following the murder of Baldr by Loki the other gods brought his body down to the sea and laid him to rest on the ship.
Hrishikesh Hrishikesh (also spelled Rishikesh) is a city and a municipal board in Dehradun district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Hrishikesh (from Hrishikesh, another name for Lord Vishnu) is a holy city for Hindus located in the foothills of the Himalaya in northern India.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee Hrishikesh Mukherjee ()(September 30, 1922–August 27, 2006) was a Hindi film director known for a number of films, including Anand, Abhimaan, Guddi, Gol Maal, Aashirwad, Bawarchi, Satyakam, and Namak Haraam. He was popularly known as Hrishi-da.
Hrisi Avgi Hrisi Avgi (Greek:Χρυσή Αυγή English:Golden Dawn) was a Greek neo-Nazi party, espousing an anti-semitic, anti-capitalist and anti-immigrant philosophy. "Hrisi Avgi" is also the name of a newspaper and a magazine published by that party.
Hristina Hristova Hristina Hristova Velcheva () (born 21 January 1954 in Popitza, Vratsa Oblast) is a Bulgarian politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the National Movement Simeon II, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union.
Hristo Lukov Hristo Nikolov Lukov () (January 6, 1887-February 13Varna, 1943Sofia) was a Bulgarian general who lead the Union of Bulgarian National Legions (SBNL).He was a general of the Bulgarian Kingdom`s Army and former minister of the war.
Hristo Tatarchev Hristo Tatarchev (December 16 1869 - January 5 1952) was a Bulgarian revolutionary and leader of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia and Eastern Thrace. He was among the founders of the Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees in October 1893 (the organization was renamed to IMARO in 1906 and IMRO in 1920).
Hristofor Zhefarovich Hristofor Zhefarovich (original Cyrillic Христофоръ Жефаровичъ; Bulgarian: Христофор Жефарович; Macedonian: Христофор Жефаровиќ; Serbian: Христофор Жефаровић and Hristofor Žefarović) was an 18th-century painter, engraver, writer and poet and a figure of the Illyrian movement.
Hrōþirīk(i)az Hrōþirīk(i)az is a reconstructed Germanic name, the derived forms of which are used for a number of people in legend and history. It means "famous ruler", and appears in Old German as Hrodric, in Old English language as Hrēðrīc and Hroðricus, in Old East Norse as Rørik and Old West Norse as Hrœrekr.
Hroar Stjernen Hroar Stjernen (born February 11 1961), is a formerNorwegian ski jumper who competed from 1984 to 1989 while representing Sprova and Trønderhopp. He won the silver meadl in the team large hill event at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf and finished 4th in the individual normal hill at those same championships.
HroĂ°gar HroĂ°gar, Hrothgar, HrĂłarr, Hroar, Roar, Roas or Ro was a legendary Danish king, living in the early 6th centuryThe dating has never been a matter of controversy. It is inferred from the internal chronology of the sources themselves and the dating of Hygelac's raid on Frisia to c.
Hrod Hrod is a giantess of Norse mythology and the wife of Hymir, a giant friendly to the Æsir. Her name means "glory" or possibly "fame", possibly making her equivalent in classical mythology Pheme or Fama.
Hron Hron (Hungarian: Garam, German: Gran) is a 298 km long left tributary of the Danube and the second longest river in Slovakia. It flows from its source located in the Low Tatra mountains (under Kráľova hoľa) through central and southern Slovakia, pouring into the Danube near Štúrovo and Esztergom.
Hrothric Edulf Wiebraht Artificially composed of typical Anglo-Saxon name fragments, Hrothric Edulf Wiebraht provides a fictional identity for the unknown author of Beowulf. First conceived by the American poet Walker Pfost for From 'The Autobiography of Hrothric Edulf Wiebraht' (2002), use of the name has not extended beyond certain exclusive literary circles.
Hrsta Hṛṣṭa (हृष्ट in Sanskrit, pronounced //, or // in English) is a Montreal post-rock band that records on Constellation Records. The band's leader, Mike Moya (guitar and voice), was also one of the founding members of Godspeed You!
Hrud The Hrud in the Warhammer 40,000 fictional universe are a race of space faring figures, mistakenly thought to be the equivalent of space Skaven. Their technology is based on plasma, such as their warp plasma gun from miniature game Inquisitor.
Hrvatska Dubica Hrvatska Dubica is a village and a municipality in central Croatia in the Sisak-Moslavina county. It is located on the northern bank of the river Una, east of Hrvatska Kostajnica and southwest of Jasenovac and Novska.
Hrvatska Kostajnica Hrvatska Kostajnica, often just Kostajnica, is a small town in central Croatia, population 1,993, with total municipality population of 2.746 It is located on the Una river in the Sisak-Moslavina county, south of Petrinja and Sisak and across the river from Bosanska Kostajnica in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Hrvatsko Zagorje Hrvatsko zagorje (meaning Croatian upland or hinterland) is a historic region north of Zagreb, Croatia. It comprises the whole area north of Medvednica mountain up to Slovenia in the north and west, and up to the region of Međimurje in the east.
Hrvoje Kovačević Hervoje Kovacevic (born July 12, 1982) is a Croatian soccer player. Kovacevic was born in Vinkovci, Croatia and grew up playing soccer for HNK Cibalia, until signing a contract with Israeli team Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv in the 2005/2006 season, where he is still currently playing.
Hrvoje Petrić Hrvoje Petrić (born December 12, 1972 in Koprivnica) is a Croatian historian. His main interests include early modern history of Southeastern Europe and Central Europe, environmental history, economic history etc.
Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvoje Vukčić (Kotor around 1350-1416) was a Ban of Croatia, Grand Duke of Bosnia and a Herzog of Split. He was the most prominent member of the House of Hrvatinić and the strongest of the three main large feudalists of feudal medieval Bosnia.
Hryhoriy Chernysh Grigoriy Chernish was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the Party of Rehabilitation of Infirm People, which he has chaired since 1994. In 1992, he founded an international charity named the "Worldwide aid organization for infirm people" and the medical diagnostic concern "Aesculapius," which he chairs.
Hryniewiecki Hryniewiecki is the surname of two noble Polish families. The name means "Descendant of Hrynie" with the suffix "wiecki", which could mean two things: either 1) "to be awoken, watchful" or 2) from the Latin translation, and assuming it derived from a pet form of Grzegorz, or gregis, meaning "herd" or "flock" (from the Christian image of the Good Shepherd).
Hrysopiyí Devetzí Hrysopiyí Devetzí (Greek Χρυσοπηγή Δεβετζή), born January 2, 1976, is a Greek athlete competing in triple jump and also long jump. She won the triple jump silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with a personal best of 15.
HR 753 HR 753 (Harvard Revised 753) is a triple star system in the constellation of Cetus. It is located relatively near the Sun at an estimated distance of less than 24 light years, but even the brightest component is too faint to see directly with the unaided eye.
HR-Sinfonieorchester The hr-Sinfonieorchester (until 2005 known as the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) is the orchestra of the German Public Radio network of the state of Hesse. Its range of musical styles includes the classical-romantic repertoire, discoveries in experimental new music, concerts for children and young people, light classics, and demanding programming concepts.
HRAS HRAS is a human gene that encodes a protein involved in regulating cell division in response to growth factor stimulation. Growth factors act by binding cell surface receptors that span the cell's plasma membrane.
HRESULT HRESULT is the data type used to indicate the status of operations in Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM). An HRESULT value has 32 bits divided into three fields: a severity code, a facility code, and an error code.
HRK Izviđač HRK Izviđač (Hrvatski Rukometni Klub Izviđač, English: Croatian Handball Club Izviđač) is a team handball club from Ljubuški, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently, HRK Izviđač competes in the Handball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Handball Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
HRS-100 HRS-100 (Serbian: Hibridni RaÄŤunarski Sistem - Hybrid Computer System) model 100 was a third generation hybrid computer developed by Mihajlo Pupin Institute (Serbia) and engineers from USSR. It was deployed in Academy of Sciences of USSR in 1971.
HRU (security) The HRU security model (Harrison, Ruzzo, Ullman model) is an operating system level security model which deals with the integrity of access rights in the system. The system is based around the idea of a finite set of procedures being available to edit the access rights of a subject s on an object o .
Hsi Lai Temple Hsi Lai Temple (TC: 西來寺; PY: Xīlái Sì) (approximate pronunciation She Lye) is a traditional Chinese Buddhist mountain monastery. It is located on the foothill region of Hacienda Heights, California, USA, a suburb of Los Angeles.
Hsieh Fucheng Hsieh Fucheng (1838 - 1899; born in Wuxi, Jiangsu) was a Qing envoy to Europe in the late 1890s. He wrote a diary during his last four years in imperial service, describing his diplomatic activities and his impressions of Western countries.
Hsieh Tung-ming Hsieh Tung-ming 謝東閔 (January 25, 1908 - April 8, 2001) was the ninth Governor of Taiwan Province (1972-1978), the sixth and first local Taiwanese Vice President of the Republic of China (1978-1984) under president Chiang Ching-kuo.
Hsien Chang Hsien Chang, also known as Paul Phoenix, is a legendary top video game player in the fighting game Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. Born in Taiwan and raised in Houston, TX, Hsien is known by many as the pioneer of high-level 3rd Strike play in the United States.
Hsichih City Hsichih (汐止; Wade-Giles: Hsi-chih; Hanyu Pinyin: Xìzhĭ; Tongyong Pinyin: Sijhih) is a city in Taipei County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. Literally, xìzhĭ means "the end of tides".
Hsin Pei Venerable Hsin Pei (心培和尚, Xinpei Heshang) (1970-) is the seventh and current abbot and director of Fo Guang Shan, a Buddhist monastery and worldwide charity and religious organization, founded by Venerable Master Hsing Yun. Hsin Pei succeeded Venerable Hsin Ting in 2005.
Hsin Ping Venerable Hsin Ping (心平和尚, Xinpin Heshang) (1938-1995) was the fourth and fifth abbot of Fo Guang Shan, the dharma heir to Venerable Master Hsing Yun, a famous Buddhist master and founder of Fo Guang Shan. Through Master Hsing Yun, Hsin Ping became a successor to Linji.
Hsin Ten Enterprise Hsin Ten Enterprise is an International Asian company that sells the original Sun Ancon Chi Machine, the Far Infrared Hothouse, the Electro Reflex Energizer and a line of Bianca beauty products and aromatherapy.
Hsin Ting Venerable Hsin Ting (心定和尚, Xinding Heshang) (1944-) was the sixth abbot and director of Fo Guang Shan from 1997 to 2005. He served as acting abbot for three years after the sudden death of his predecessor, the Venerable Hsin Ping, in 1995.
Hsin Tung Yang Hsin Tung Yang, HTY, or New Horizon (新東陽; Xīn Dōng Yáng) is a foodservice company originating from Taiwan. The company first started operations in 1967 under the name "Hsin Tung Yang Barbecue Meat Company"(新東陽燒腊行) and establish itself as a company in 1972.
Hsinbyushin Hsinbyushin (; 1736 - 10 July 1776; literally "Lord of the White Elephant") was the third king of the Konbaung Dynasty (in what is now Myanmar). He was a son of Alaungpaya (1752-1760) and succeeded his brother Naungdawgyi (1760-1763).
Hsinchu Science Park Hsinchu Science Park (Chinese: 新竹科學園區; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnzhú Kē Xué Yuán Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Sinjhú Ke Syué Yuán Cyu) was established by the government of the Republic of China on December 15, 1980 with investment from the Kuomintang. It straddles Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County in Taiwan.
Hsioh-ren Wei Hsioh-Ren Wei (1899-1987) (Traditional Chinese: 魏學仁; Simplified Chinese:魏学仁) was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu. He entered the Private University of Nanking in 1918 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1922.
Hsiu lung tao Hsiu Lung Tao is a street fighting orientated martial art based on the late [Bruce Lee]'s [Jeet Kune Do] concepts. The art founded by Sifu John Carrigan encompasses concepts and ideas from a wide variety of systems.
Hsiung Feng I The Hsiung Feng I (HF-1) (雄風一號, "Brave Wind I") is an anti-ship missile system developed by the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology in Taiwan ROC between 1975 and 1978 and is essentially a derivative of the Israeli Gabriel missile. It is currently deployed on the ROC Navy's Lafayette class frigates, and Kwang Hwa VI class missile boats, as well as some land based facilities.
Hsiung Feng II The Hsiung Feng II (HF-2) (雄風二號, "Brave Wind II") is an anti-ship missile system developed by the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology in Taiwan ROC. The HF-2 is designed to be deployed aboard ships or at land-based facilities, an airborne version has also been developed which can be carried by the ROC Air Force's F-CK fighters.
Hsiung Feng IIE The Hsiung Feng IIE (HF-2E) (雄風二E, "Brave Wind IIE") is a surface-to-surface cruise missile system developed by the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology in Taiwan ROC and based upon the earlier HF-2 anti-ship missile.
Hsiung Feng III The Hsiung Feng III (HF-3) (雄風三號, "Brave Wind III") is a missile system currently being developed by the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology in Taiwan ROC. Very little is known about the HF-3, except that it is an anti-ship missile designed to target PLAN Sovremenny class destroyers.
Hsp27 Hsp27 is a chaperone of the sHsp – small heat shock protein - group among ubiquitin, α-crystallin, Hsp20 and others. The common functions of sHsps are chaperone activity, thermotolerance, inhibition of apoptosis, regulation of cell development and cell differentiation and they take part in signal transduction.
Hsu and Chan Hsu and Chan is a comic created by Jeremy "Norm" Scott that appears in the video game magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly. It follows the misadventures of the brothers Hsu and Chan Tanaka, who own and operate a company called "Tanaka Bros.
Hsu Tzu-yi Hsu Tzu Yi (born 24 November 1979) is a Taiwanese professional archer representing Chinese Taipei. He competed in Archery at the 2006 Asian Games and won a silver medal with the men's team consisting of himself, Chen Szu Yuan, Kuo Cheng Wei and Wang Cheng Pang
Hsu Yun [Yun in 1952, at the age of 113]Venerable Master Hsu Yun (Traditional Chinese: 虛雲大師, Simplified Chinese: 虚云, Pinyin: Xū Yún Dà Shī, "empty cloud") (1840-1959) was a renowned Ch'an master and one of the most influential Buddhist teachers of the 19th and 20th centuries. Although many aspects of his life (particularly his great longevity) are disputed by historians and Zen scholars, this article attempts to give an accurate biography, based largely on his own writings and those of his colleagues and successors in Dharma.
Hsuan Hua Venerable Master Hsuan Hua (Traditional Chinese: 宣化上人; Hanyu Pinyin: Xuān Huà Shàng Rén; Vietnamese: Hòa Thượng Tuyên Hóa) (April 16, 1918 – June 7, 1995) was an important figure in Western Mahayana Buddhism.
HS-3 HS-3 (better known as the Western Loudoun County High School or the Western Loudoun High School) is a public secondary school tentatively scheduled to open in Purcellville, Virginia in the 2008-2009 school year on the Fields Farm location north of the town. The construction of the new school is in jeopardy because of backlash among Purcellville residents who complain that traffic will not be alleviated with another school being built near Loudoun Valley High School, which is also in northern Purcellville.
HS-8 Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Eight (HS-8) "Eightballers" is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California. HS-8 is attached to Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) and deploys aboard USS John C.
HS-DSCH HS-DSCH (High-Speed Downlink Shared Channel) is used in HSDPA (UMTS) to send packets on the downlink to the UEs. It is called High-Speed to distinguish it from the more general definition of the downlink shared channel (DSCH) in UMTS.
HSARPA Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) is a part of the Science and Technology Directorate at the United States Department of Homeland Security. Much like DARPA in the Department of Defense, HSARPA is tasked with advanced projects to advance the technology needed to protect the US.
HSB (Sweden) HSB or Hyresgästernas sparkasse - och byggnadsförening is a cooperative association for housing in Sweden. The organization's name could be roughly translated as The Savings and Construction Association of the Tenants.
HSBC (France) HSBC SA was formed on 1st November 2005 when CCF SA (Crédit Commercial de France) along with subsidiary companies UBP, Banque de Picardie and Banque Hervet rebranded as HSBC, with several smaller regional banking networks retaining their long standing local brands and identities.
HSBC Bank (Europe) HSBC Bank plc is one of the major clearing banks in the United Kingdom. The business ranges from the traditional High Street roles of personal finance and commercial banking, to private banking, consumer finance as well as corporate and investment banking.
HSBC Bank (Turkey) HSBC Bank AS The HSBC Group opened its first office in Turkey in 1990. In October 2001, HSBC acquired Demirbank TAS, the fifth largest private bank in Turkey from the Turkish financial regulator after it was rescued during the financial crisis.
HSBC Bank Argentina HSBC Bank Argentina SA is the principal HSBC operating company in Argentina, it has around 150 branches throughout the country providing a full range of banking and financial products and services, including commercial, consumer and corporate banking, to over 1.2 million customers.
HSBC Bank Canada HSBC Bank Canada, formerly the Hongkong Bank of Canada, is a bank in Canada that is part of British banking giant HSBC - one of the largest banking groups in the world. HSBC Canada is the seventh largest bank in Canada, with offices in every province (excluding Prince Edward Island), and is the largest foreign-owned bank in the country.
HSBC Bank Egypt HSBC Bank Egypt is one of the largest multinational banks in Egypt, and provides a comprehensive range of banking and related financial services through a network of 22 branches and 7 mini bank units in Cairo, Alexandria, Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Borg El Arab and Sixth of October City Egypt.
HSBC Bank Middle East HSBC Bank Middle East Limited is the largest and most widely represented international bank in the Middle East. HSBC was voted Best Wealth Management Initiative in the GCC for its HSBC Premier service by readers of The Banker Middle East magazine.
HSBC Center HSBC Center is the headquarters of HSBC Bank USA's North American operations, situated in downtown Buffalo, New York. This tower holds administrative and executive offices for many of the HSBC departments, as well as numerous legal offices.
HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building The HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building (officially HSBC Main Building) is located along the southern side of Statue Square, in Central, at the location of the old City Hall, Hong Kong (built 1869, demolished 1933). The previous HSBC building was built in 1935 and demolished to make way for the current building.
HSBC Champions The HSBC Champions is a men's professional golf 72-hole tournament contested annually since 2005 in November on a course designed by Nelson & Haworth at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
HSBC Rail HSBC Rail (UK) Ltd is one of the three major ROSCOs (Rolling Stock Companies) in the United Kingdom. Created in 1994 as part of the privatisation of British Rail, it owns around a third of passenger railway locomotives, multiple units and coaching stock running on Network Rails system which it leases to various train operators.
HSBC Tower, London 8 Canada Square (also known as HSBC Group Head Office, or HSBC Tower) is a skyscraper located in the Canary Wharf development in the London Docklands. The building serves as the international headquarters for HSBC Holdings plc, the world's second largest bank by market value, and houses around 8,000 staff.
HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG was founded in 1785 and is one of the longest-established members of the HSBC Group. HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt has operations in private, commercial and investment banking and asset management.
HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship The HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship is an LPGA Tour golf tournament which was played for the first time on 30 June to 3 July 2005 at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, New Jersey. It was the first matchplay event on the LPGA Tour in fifty years.
HSBC World Match Play Championship The HSBC World Match Play Championship is the current sponsored name of a matchplay golf tournament played annually at Wentworth Club near London. In 2007 it is reverting to its traditional month of October after being played in September for a few years.
HSC distinction courses Distinction Courses are subjects available to a limited number of students studying for their Higher School Certificate (HSC) in New South Wales, Australia. The three available courses are Comparative literature, Cosmology and Philosophy and are run by Distance education through the Board of Studies.
HSC SuperSeaCat Four HSC SuperSeaCat Four is a fast ferry capable of carrying passenger and cars operating for SuperSeaCat between Helsinki, Finland and Tallinn, Estonia. She was built in 1999 at Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Italy, for Sea Containers Ltd.
HSC SuperSeaCat Three HSC SuperSeaCat Three is a fast ferry capable of carrying passenger and cars operating for SuperSeaCat between Helsinki, Finland and Tallinn, Estonia. She was built in 1999 at Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Italy, for Sea Containers Ltd.
HSL 3 The HSL 3 is a Belgian high-speed rail line currently under construction which will connect Liège to the German border. 56 km long (42 km dedicated high-speed tracks, 14 km modernised lines), it is scheduled for completion by the end of 2006.
HSL color space The HSL color space, also called HLS or HSI, stands for Hue, Saturation, Lightness (also Luminance or Luminosity) / Intensity. While HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) can be viewed graphically as a color cone or hexcone, HSL can be drawn as a double cone or double hexcone as well as a sphere.
HSL-51 Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light Five One (HSL-51) "WARLORDS" is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Ayase City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshū Japan. HSL-51 detachment three is attached to Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) and deploys aboard multiple ships in the US Navy's Seventh Fleet based in Yokosuka, Japan.
HSL-Oost HSL-Oost was the name of a proposed high-speed train line from Amsterdam into Germany via the Dutch cities of Utrecht and Arnhem. The scope of the project has now been reduced, but it is expected that German ICE trains will be able to travel at 200 km/h from Amsterdam to Utrecht in the near future.
HSL-Zuid The HSL-Zuid – short for Hogesnelheidslijn Zuid ("Southern High-Speed Line" in Dutch) – is a 125-km long high-speed railway line currently under construction in the Netherlands and Belgium. Scheduled for completion in 2007, it will be served by newly renovated Thalys trains from Amsterdam to Paris and Brussels.
HSLA steel HSLA steel (high strength low alloy steel) is a type of steel alloy that provides many benefits over regular steel alloys. In general, HSLA alloys are much stronger and tougher than ordinary plain-carbon steels.
HSR-350x HSR-350x (한국형 고속철도, high-speed rail 350x), also known as Korean G-7 (Korean G7), is the experimental high speed train which is recently developed and created purely and independently by South Korea. The main motivation is to reduce traffic problem and to pull up the nation's science and technology to the level of world's top seven leaders known as the G-7 (currently it is G-8, not G-7).
HSTN The High School Television Network is a now defunct Canadian category 2 digital cable television channel. It first appeared in August of 2002 and it planned to show high school sports, concerts, and plays from across Canada.
HSV Senator Signature The HSV Senator Signature is a luxury sports sedan variation of the Holden Commodore, produced by Holden Special Vehicles in co-operation with Australian automaker Holden, and has been manufactured since 1992. The car is based on a rear-wheel drive architecture, and the current generation E Series is powered by a 6.
HSV SV88 The HSV SV88 was HSV's first attempt at a luxury performance car (in similar vein to the HDT Director). It was based on the 5 litre Holden Calais with upgraded power level (up 10 kW's to 136 kW and 355 Nm of torque), a minor bodykit and Vl Group A 16 X 7 rims painted bodycolour (which was Dorward Blue).
HSV-1 Joint Venture HSV-X1 Joint Venture is a leased commercial, high speed, aluminum catamaran hulled ocean-going vessel operated by the United States armed forces. Initially operated by the United States Navy it has since been transferred to the United States Army.
HSV-2 Swift HSV-2 Swift is a non-commissioned catamaran leased by the United States Navy as a mine countermeasures and sea basing test platform, homeported at Naval Station Ingleside, Texas. The HSV stands for "High Speed Vessel.
Ht-//dig ht://Dig is a free software system for indexing and searching a finite set of sites or an intranet and is licensed under the GNU General Public License. It is intended to be installed on individual machines for private purposes.
Htilominlo Temple Htilominlo Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan (formerly Pagan), built during the reign of King Htilominlo (also known as Nandaungmya) in 1211. The temple is three stories tall, with a height of 46 metres (150 feet), and built with red brick.
Https https is a URI scheme which is syntactically identical to the http:// scheme normally used for accessing resources using HTTP. Using an https: URL indicates that HTTP is to be used, but with a different default port (443) and an additional encryption/authentication layer between HTTP and TCP.
HttpUnit HttpUnit is an open source software testing framework used to perform testing of web sites without the need for a web browser. HttpUnit supports HTML form submission, JavaScript, basic HTTP authentication, automatic page redirection and cookies.

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