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Hickory Hills Lake, Mississippi Hickory Hills Lake is a privately-owned freshwater lake in eastern Lamar County, MS, southwest of the town of Hattiesburg, MS. The lake was constructed in the 1970s, and is surrounded by a subdivision of 2 to 12 acre homesteads.
Hickory metro area With a 2004 population of 38,874, the City of Hickory, North Carolina serves as a trade, manufacturing, distribution and service center to approximately 350,000 people due to its location at the geographic center of a four county region and its ready access to major transportation facilities. Over the past two decades, the City's economy has increasingly diversified to manufacturing, trade, and services.
Hickory Motor Speedway Hickory Motor Speedway is a short track located in Hickory, North Carolina. It is one of stock car racing's most storied venues, and is often referred to as "The World's Most Famous Short Track" and the "Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars".
Hickory Records Hickory Records was a United States record label run by Acuff-Rose Music during the 1960s and 1970s. The record label worked with artists such as The Newbeats, Sue Thompson, Roy Acuff, Don Gibson, Stoney Cooper, Donovan and Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Hickory Ridge, Virginia Hickory Ridge is an extinct unincorporated town in Prince William County, Virginia. The town was located on land that is now part of Prince William Forest Park, a National Park Service property located adjacent to Marine Corps Base Quantico.
Hicks Island (Queensland) Hicks Island is an island about 1 km South East of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in Temple Bay about 200km North East of Iron Range National Park and Lockhart River in the Cape York Peninsula.
Hicksian demand function In microeconomics, a consumer's Hicksian demand function h(p, u) gives the cheapest bundle under a price level p for which the consumer derives a utility level of at least u. The function is named after John Hicks.
Hickson, Ontario Hickson is a village with a population of 400 in the township of East Zorra-Tavistock, in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Highway 59 and County Road 8, approximately 13 kilometres north of Woodstock and 10 kilometres south of Tavistock.
Hickstead The All England Jumping Course at Hickstead is the leading outdoor showjumping venue in England. It is located in rural West Sussex near the town of Haywards Heath and the main A23 road from London to Brighton.
Hickster a sub-cultural denizen within the hipster sub-culture whose style is informed by elements of the "southern" US, such as trucker hats, plaid shirts, PBR, mounted deer heads, and full beards. Notable hicksters are singer-songwriter Will Oldham and Jim James from My Morning Jacket, although their debt to Neil Young should be noted.
Hicksville (LIRR station) Hicksville is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road, and the most-heavily utilized station east of Jamaica Station. All trains for the Port Jefferson Branch stop at Hicksville, and while all trains on the Ronkonkoma Branch pass through this station, a few do not stop.
Hicom 300 Hicom 300 is a telephone exchange system from Siemens used by big companies such as IBM, UBS, Swisscom and Nestlé. The Hicom system has been surpassed by the HiPath system (which is in turn being surpassed by Siemens's VoIP offerings).
Hicom Trading E Hicom Trading E (HTE) (the E stands for Evolution) from Siemens is an extension to the telephone exchange system (PBX) Hicom 300 used by financial institutions. It features simultaneous access to up to 256 phone lines.
Hida Minzoku Mura Folk Village Hida Minzoku Mura Folk Village is an open-air museum of close to 30 old farmhouses illustrating the traditional architectural styles of the mountainous regions of Japan. The Hida Folk Village (or Hida no Sato) is located near Takayama, Japan.
Hidabu Abote Hidabu Abote is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Hidabu Abote is bordered on the south by Kuyu, on the west by Wara Jarso, on the north by the Jamma River which separates it from Dera, and on the east by Gegem.
Hidaka, Hyogo Hidaka (ć—Ąé«ç”ş; -cho) was a town located in Kinosaki District, Hyogo, Japan. On April 1, 2005 the town merged with two other towns into the expanded city of Toyooka and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Hidalgo (disambiguation) Hidalgo in Spanish and Fidalgo in Portuguese were traditional titles of persons of nobility or gentry, derived respectively from hijo de algo and filho de algo, "son of some (important family)". Read more at Hidalgo (Spanish nobility).
Hidalgotitlán Hidalgotitlán is a municipality located in the Mexican state of Veracruz, Southeast Mexico, the town has a population of near 18,000 in 2000, the name come from the mix of two words; one Spanish and another one Indian; the first part is the family name Hidalgo (the father of the modern Mexican nation was Miguel Hidalgo) and the second part is "Tlan" that is an indigenous term specifically and ending that means "place", this settlement is located on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, is a riverbank settlement at the left bank of the river Coatzacoalcos, the nearest major urban centre is located 17 miles NNW (City of Minatitlán) upwards on the Coatzacoalcos bank too; geographical coordinates are 17°46'N 94°39'W. The main economic activity are fruit agriculture, harvest and livestock.
Hidari Jingoro Hidari Jingoro (ĺ·¦ ç”šäş”éŽ ă˛ă ă‚Š ăă‚“ă”ă‚Ťă†) was a Japanese artist, sculptor and carpenter, active from 1596-1644. Jingoro is known to have created many famous deity sculptures located throughout Japan.
Hidayat Inayat Khan Hidayat Inayat-Khan (born London, England in 1917) is the son of Hazrat Inayat Khan and Pirani Ameena Begum. In his youth he studied music and composition at L'Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, and later enjoyed a distinguished career as a violinist, conductor and professor of music.
Hidayat Nur Wahid Hidayat Nur Wahid (born in Klaten, Central Java on 8 April 1960) was elected as the leader of Indonesia's Constitutional Assembly (MPR) on 6 October 2004. He resigned as the leader of Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) on 11 October 2004.
Hidayatullah National Law University Hidayatullah National Law University is a university in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. It was established as a centre for legal excellence by the Government of Chattisgarh under the Hidayatullah National University of Law, Chattisgarh, Act (Act No.
Hidde Kruize Jan Hidde Kruize (born September 30, 1961 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former field hockey player from The Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics: in Los Angeles (1984) and in Seoul (1988). He ended up in sixth place in California with the Dutch National Men's Team, and won the bronze medal in South Korea, after defeating Australia (2-1) in the Bronze Medal Game.
Hidden & Dangerous Hidden & Dangerous is a 1999 computer and video game developed by Illusion Softworks and published by Take-Two Interactive for Windows, the Sega Dreamcast, and the Sony PlayStation. The PlayStation version was developed by Tarantula Studios.
Hidden & Dangerous 2 Hidden & Dangerous 2 is a tactical shooter computer game developed by Illusion Softworks and published by Gathering of Developers. The player takes on the role of a four man Special Air Service (SAS) team during World War II, conducting a wide variety of operations behind enemy lines.
Hidden asset In finance, a hidden asset is an asset that is not shown on a balance sheet. An example of such an asset is the US $15 billion that United Airlines' frequent flyer program, Mileage Plus, was estimated to be worth when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Hidden Agenda (game) Hidden Agenda is an abandonware text-based computer strategy game written in 1988 by Jim Gasperini intended to simulate the conditions of a post-revolutionary Central American country. It is considered a forerunner of the Games for Change movement, alongside other early Macintosh games including Chris Crawford's Balance of Power and Balance of the Planet.
Hidden Beach Hidden Beach, is a popular and quite famous beach on the east side of Cedar Lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The beach is famous for once being the only nude beach in the Twin Cities, although nudity is much less common there than it once was.
Hidden camera A hidden camera is a still or video camera used to film people without their knowledge. The camera is "hidden" because it is either not visible to the subject being filmed, or is disguised as another object.
Hidden curriculum The concept hidden curriculum expresses the idea that schools do more than simply transmit knowledge, as laid down in the official curricula. Behind it lies criticism of the social implications, political underpinnings, and cultural outcomes of modern educative activities.
Hidden Camera Jihad Hidden Camera Jihad also known as Jihad Hidden Camera is a propaganda film allegedly made by Al-Qaeda and widely available on the internet. The film features clips of American & British soldiers being killed by IEDs and snipers and is overdubbed with slapstick style sound effects and an applause/laugh track.
Hidden City Games Hidden City Games was founded in 2004 by Peter Adkison and Jesper Myrfors. The company, started in Seattle, Washington was originally founded for the sole purpose of publishing Clout Fantasy a game invented by Jesper Myrfors.
Hidden directory A hidden directory is a folder or directory on a computer operating system which is hidden by default to the user. Hidden directories are most often used to hide important operating system (OS)-related files essential for the running of an OS.
Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust is the title of a non-fiction book by Kevin Annett. The book's subtitle is "The Untold Story of the Genocide of Aboriginal Peoples by Church and State in Canada.
Hidden Fuhrer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality Hidden Fuhrer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality is a documentary film based on the research of German Professor Lothar Machtan for his 2001 book The Hidden Hitler that claimed Adolf Hitler was a homosexual. Aired by HBO's CINEMAX Reel Life, the 90 minute documentary was directed by gay documentarians Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato and was produced by Gabriel Rotello.
Hidden headlamps Hidden headlamps are an automotive styling feature that conceals an automobile's headlights when not in use. Depending on the design, the headlights may be mounted in a housing that rotates so as to sit flush with the front end (as with the Porsche 928), may retract into the hood and/or fenders (as with the Chevrolet Corvette from 1968 to 2004), or may be concealed behind retractable or rotating grille panels (as on the 1966 Dodge Charger or 1967 Mercury Cougar).
Hidden Lake Gardens Hidden Lake Gardens 755 acres (310 hectares) are botanical gardens and an arboretum operated by Michigan State University near Tipton, Michigan, USA, eight miles (13 km) west of Tecumseh. The Gardens include thousands of labeled trees, shrubs and flowers.
Hidden Lakes, Nevada The Hidden Lakes are a pair of glacial tarns in the Ruby Mountains, in Elko County in the northeastern part of the state of Nevada. They are located on a shelf on the Ruby Crest above Soldier Basin, at approximately 40°44.
Hidden Markov model A hidden Markov model (HMM) is a statistical model in which the system being modeled is assumed to be a Markov process with unknown parameters, and the challenge is to determine the hidden parameters from the observable parameters. The extracted model parameters can then be used to perform further analysis, for example for pattern recognition applications.
Hidden Mickey A Hidden Mickey is a subtle formation of a silhouette of the head of Mickey Mouse and his two ears, or a more complete representation of Mickey Mouse (such as Mickey mixed in with a crowd or in the background). Mickeys may be painted, made up of objects (such as rocks, or three plates on a table), or be references such as someone wearing Mickey Mouse Club "ears" in a painting.
Hidden pirate degree A joke at MIT, typically spread by the institute's freshmen. It declares that if you take a certain series of physical education classes: sailing, rowing, pistol, fencing, and ropes, you either graduate with a pirate sticker on your degree or qualify for an elusive hidden Bachelor of Piracy degree.
Hidden Passions Hidden Passions: Secrets from the Diaries of Tabitha Lenox was a tie-in novelization released by Harper Entertainment in 2001 that was loosely based on the NBC soap opera Passions. It delved into the backstories of several prominent characters on the show, and was purportedly written by town witch Tabitha Lenox.
Hidden route In the United States, a hidden route (sometimes called unsigned) is a highway which has been designated a route number by a state department of transportation, but does not use that route number on signage, usually because the highway also acts as a U.S.
Hidden sector In particle physics, the term hidden sector refers to the collection of yet-unobserved quantum fields and the corresponding hypothetical particles that do not directly interact via the forces of the Standard Model i.e.
Hidden semi-Markov model A hidden semi-Markov model (HSMM) is a hidden Markov model in which the number of outputs generated before moving to a new - but not necessarily different - hidden state is a random variable, with a certain probability to occur. It is therefore able to generate more than one output per state transition, or to map the current state in probabilistics terms.
Hidden surface determination In 3D computer graphics, hidden surface determination is the process used to determine which surfaces and parts of surfaces are not visible from a certain viewpoint. A hidden surface determination algorithm is a solution to the visibility problem, which was one of the first major problems in the field of 3D computer graphics.
Hidden text Hidden text is computer text that is displayed in such a way as to not be easily readable. Hidden text is most commonly achieved by setting the font color to be the same as the background color, rendering the text invisible unless the user highlights it.
Hidden track In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music which has been deliberately placed on a Compact Disc, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener. In some cases, the piece of music may simply have been left off the track listing, whilst in other cases more elaborate methods are used.
Hidden transformation The hidden transformation reformulates a constraint satisfaction problem in such a way all constraints have at most two variables. The new problem is satisfiable if and only if the original problem was, and solutions can be converted easily from one problem to the other.
Hidden variable theory In physics, the hidden variable theory is espoused by a minority of physicists who argue that the statistical nature of quantum mechanics indicates that QM is incomplete. Albert Einstein, the most famous proponent of hidden variables, insisted that, "God does not play dice with the Universe.
Hidden Vale Sports Club Hidden Vale Sports Club is only one of three places in the Philippines with Lawn Bowls and with the coming of the 2005 Southeast Asian Games has become the largest of these. In addition, it has constructed multiple Pétanque courts alongside, making it the official home of the Philippines’ Lawn Bowls and Pétanque teams and training ground for their world class players who have consistently earned top honors in international tournaments.
Hidden Valley Resort Hidden Valley Resort (also known as HV) is a holiday resort in Huntsville, Ontario, about 225 kilometers (140 mi) north of Toronto. It is situated on one shore of Peninsula Lake, which is also home to the nearby Deerhurst Resort.
Hidden Valleys Hidden Valleys was a name coined in 2004 to describe an area of interesting historical and scenic value between Nottingham and Mansfield in the county of Nottinghamshire. Promotional Literature and tourist information for the Hidden Valleys were created to encourage tourism in an area which had been blighted by industrial decline.
Hidden weapon A hidden weapon is a phrase most commonly used in reference to an inventory item in a video game. One could most likely complete the game without the hidden weapon, but a perfectionist would struggle with whatever necessary sidequest to attain the weapon.
Hidden Wonders Of Atrioventricular The Hidden Wonders Of Atrioventricular is a currently unreleased 'back catalogue' of demos and tracks by UK band Atrioventricular, recorded between 2005 and 2006. It is unknown whether the band intend to re-record and release any of the tracks from this collection in the future.
Hidden Words Kalimát-i-MaknĂşnih (کلمات مکنŮنه) or The Hidden Words is a book written around 1857 by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'Ă Faith. This work is written partly in Arabic and partly in Persian.
Hidden Worlds Hidden Worlds was a popular MUD which originally closed in 1993, but has re-opened a number of times, with the most recent being at Christmas 2006. It was one of the first DikuMUDs to feature online creation software.
Hidden: Source Hidden: Source is a multiplayer total conversion for the popular Half-Life 2 computer game. The gameplay revolves around the retrieval of an escaped research subject with the twist that the subject is highly agile, incredibly strong and cursed with nearly complete invisiblity.
Hiddensee (corvette) Originally commissioned by the East German Navy as the Rudolf Eglehofer, the Hiddensee is a Tarantul I class corvette built at the Petrovsky Shipyard in 1984, located near the Soviet city of St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad).
Hide (unit) The hide, in some places referred to as a carucate, was a variable unit of land area used in medieval England, defined according to its arable yield and taxable potential rather than its exact dimensions. This gave it a range of approximately 60 to 120 old acres, or 15 to 30 modern acres (6 to 12 hectares), depending on fertility.
Hide and Seek (Imogen Heap song) "Hide and Seek" is the first single by Imogen Heap from her album Speak For Yourself. The song is performed without any other accompaniment than what is produced by a Vocoder harmonizerAuralgasms, http://www.
Hide from the Sun The Rasmus album Hide from the Sun was released in mainland Europe, the UK, Scandinavia and Japan on September 12, 2005. It was released in the USA on October 10, 2006, and featured a selection of B-Side remixes and special edition bonus tracks.
Hide glue Hide glue, properly used, forms a strong and long-lasting bond. It was the most common woodworking glue for thousands of years until the advent of synthetic glues such as PVA and other resin glues in the 20th century.
Hide with Spread Beaver hide with Spread Beaver was a Japanese rock band founded by Hideto Matsumoto (also known as "hide") in 1997, after the breakup of his previous band X Japan. It served as a follow-up to his solo career, hide with Spread Beaver being comprised of members of his live band.
Hideaki Miyamura Hideaki Miyamura (1955 - ) is a Japanese-born American potter working in Kensington, New Hampshire. Miyamura is best known for his unique iridescent glazes, including a compelling gold glaze, the "starry night" glaze on a black background, and a blue hare's fur glaze.
Hideharu Miyahira Hideharu Miyahara (born December 21, 1973) is a retired Japanese ski jumper who competed from 1994 to 2006. He won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three silvers (1999: individual and team large hills, 2003: team large hill) and one bronze (1999: individual normal hill).
Hidehiko Yamane Hidehiko Yamane (ĺ±±ć ąč‹±ĺ˝¦, Yamane Hidehiko), Japanese clothes designer, the man behind the popular clothing brand Evisu jeans. In March, 2006, Yamane was reported to Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office along with another firm on suspicion of tax evasion.
Hideki Kamiya Hideki Kamiya is a video game designer employed by Capcom. His earlier known work was in the first Resident Evil, where he was credited as one of the planners for the gameplay system and camera angles in the game.
Hideki Saijo Hideki Saijō (西城 秀樹 Saijō Hideki, real name: Tatsuo Kimoto (木本 龍雄 Kimoto Tatsuo), born April 13, 1955 in Hiroshima -) is a Japanese singer and television celebrity most famous for singing the Japanese version of the Village People's hit song YMCA, called Young Man. Although the original version was gay-inspired, Saijō's version was intended to seriously inspire "young men".
Hideki Shiohira Hideki Shiohira (born 1948-03-13) is an aikido instructor in the San Francisco Bay Area, USA. He is a 7th dan shihan in the Aikikai, as well as holding a 6th dan from Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido, and is the founder and head instructor of the Pacific Aikido Federation, which comprises numerous aikido dojos in Northern California.
Hideki Shirakawa Professor Hideki Shirakawa 白川 英樹 Shirakawa Hideki, born in Tokyo on August 20, 1936) is a Japanese chemist and winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of conductive polymers together with Alan J. Heeger and Alan G MacDiarmid.
Hideki Tōjō Hideki Tojo (Kyūjitai: 東條 英機; Shinjitai: 東条 英機; ) (December 30 1884 – December 23 1948) was a General in the Imperial Japanese Army and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan; he served as prime minister during much of World War II, from October 18 1941 to July 22 1944. He was sentenced to death for war crimes after the war and executed by hanging.
Hideo Kojima is a Japanese video game designer at Konami. Formerly the vice president of Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, he is currently the head of Kojima Productions, a new team devoted to creative game development leaving behind all the business and administrative decision making.
Hideo Kuze Hideo Kuze (ă‚Żă‚Ľă»ă’ă‡ă‚Ş Kuze Hideo) is a fictional character in Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell anime series Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig. Kuze is a full cyborg and is a main suspect in Section 9's investigation of the Individual Eleven.
Hideo Nomo Hideo Nomo (野茂英雄 Nomo Hideo, born August 31, 1968) is a right-handed pitcher who has achieved success both in Japan and the United States. Nomo is not currently on any major league or minor league rosters.
Hideous Records Hideous Records is an independent record label set up in late 2006 by the three members of the British rock band, Reuben and their manager Barney Jeavons. It was set up using money they earned from playing live showsoffical website Manifeso.
Hides Hides are skins obtained from animals for human use. Examples of animal hide sources are deer and cattle typically used for producing leather, alligator skins, snake skins for shoes and fashion accessories and wild cats, minks and bears, whose skins are primarily sought for their fur.
Hidetsugu Yagi Hidetsugu Yagi (八木 秀次 Yagi Hidetsugu, January 28, 1886 - January 19, 1976) was a Japanese electrical engineer. When working at Tohoku University, he wrote several important articles that introduced a new antenna design by his colleague Shintaro Uda to the English-speaking world.
Hideya Kawahara Hideya Kawahara is a Sun Microsystems programmer who developed Project Looking Glass in his spare time on a small Linux laptop. After demonstrating an early version to Sun executives, he was assigned to it full time with a dedicated team.
Hidimba In the Mahabharata, Hidimba (Sanskrit: हिडिम्‍बा) (sometimes called Hidimbasura and Hdimba) was a rakshasa, the brother of Hidimbi and a forest dweller. He came into conflict with Bhima when he was travelling in the forest, and died in the conflict.
Hidipo Hamutenya Hidipo Hamutenya (born June 17 1939 in Odibo, Ohangwenya region, Namibia) is a politician from Namibia. He was minister of trade and industry in the government of President Sam Nujoma when during the cabinet reshuffle of August 2002 he became foreign minister.
Hidrogenesse Hidrogenesse is a Spanish pop band whose members are Carlos Ballesteros (singer) and GenĂs Segarra (keyboards). Although they have been together since 1997, they didn't release anything until 2000, with AsĂ se baila el siglo XX, a smart, cynical approach to the new millennium through the inventions of the 20th century.
Hidropark Hidropark () is an island on the Dnieper River in Kiev, Ukraine. It literally means "Waterpark" as it was created as an entertainment complex with mainly water activities: beaches, boats, water attractions.
Hidy and Howdy Hidy and Howdy were the mascots of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Acted by Christopher Porter and Megan Follows, Hidy and Howdy were twin polar bears who wore western/cowboy style outfits.
Hidy Ochiai Hidehiko "Hidy" Ochiai (Japanese:č˝ĺ秀彦, born September 26, 1939) is a Japanese born actor, author, and martial arts instructor. Hidy Ochiai is credited as establishing the Washin-Ryu style of Karate-Do.
HiDef HiDef, short for "high definition," (also called 24P) is a 24 frames-per-second digital video format for high-resolution capture of motion pictures. "24" refers to the frame rate—24 frame/s—and the "p" stands for "progressive image scanning" (as opposed to "interlaced scanning") (Wilt, 2003).
Hieraaetus The genus Hieraaetus, sometimes known as Hawk Eagles, is part of the Buteoninae subfamily of accipitrids. Hieraaetus comprises 3 species of medium-sized birds of prey inhabiting Africa and the tropical and subtropical regions of Eurasia: the Ayres' Hawk-eagle (Hieraaetus ayresii), the Rufous-bellied Eagle (H.
Hierarchial Cell structure Hierarchial Cell structure used in mobile telecommunication means splitting of cells. This type of cell structure allows the network to effectively use the geographical area and serve the increasing population.
Hierarchical Data Format Hierarchical Data Format, commonly abbreviated HDF, HDF4, or HDF5 is a library and multi-object file format for the transfer of graphical and numerical data between computers. It is created and maintained by the NCSA.
Hierarchical File System Hierarchical File System (HFS), is a file system developed by Apple Computer for use on computers running Mac OS. Originally designed for use on floppy and hard disks, it can also be found on read-only media such as CD-ROMs.
Hierarchical incompetence Hierarchical Incompetence: A key feature of large hierarchical organizations is the over-simplification of issues and the loss of tacit knowledge about issues as they ascend the hierarchy, and the tendency for lateral communication across the various departments, fiefdoms, etc to be stifled either actively by management, or by self-imposed isolation.
Hierarchical linear modeling Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), also known as multi-level analysis, is a more advanced form of simple linear regression and multiple linear regression. Multilevel analysis allows variance in outcome variables to be analysed at multiple hierarchical levels, whereas in simple linear and multiple linear regression all effects are modeled to occur at a single level.
Hierarchical model In a hierarchical data model, data are organized into a tree-like structure. The structure allows repeating information using parent/child relationships: each parent can have many children but each child only has one parent.
Hierarchical Music Specification Language The Hierarchical Music Specification Language (HMSL) is a music programming language written in the 1980s by Larry Polansky, Phil Burk, and David Rosenboom at Mills College. Written on top of Forth, it allowed for the creation of real-time interactive music performance systems, algorithmic composition software, and any other kind of program that requires a high degree of musical informatics.
Hierarchical organization A hierarchical organization is an organization structured in a way such that every entity in the organization, except one, is subordinate to a single other entity. This is the dominant mode of organization among large organizations; most corporations, governments, and organized religions are hierarchical organizations.
Hierarchical storage management Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) is a data storage technique that automatically moves data between high-cost and low-cost storage media. HSM systems exist because high-speed storage devices, such as hard disk drives, are more expensive (per byte stored) than slower devices, such as optical discs and magnetic tape drives.
Hierarchical Temporal Memory Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM) is a machine learning model developed by Jeff Hawkins and Dileep George of Numenta, Inc. that models some of the structural and algorithmic properties of the neocortex as Bayesian networks.
Hierarchy A hierarchy (in Greek: often used in Geographic studies , it is derived from -hieros, sacred, and -arkho, rule) is a system of ranking and organizing things or people, where each element of the system (except for the top element) is subordinate to a single other element.
Hierarchy (object-oriented programming) In computer science's object-oriented programming, the mapped relationships of sub- and superclasses is known as a hierarchy. This can be visualized as an upside-down tree (or perhaps a pyramid), the top of which is known as the root.
Hierarchy of genres A hierarchy of genres is any formalization which ranks different types of genres in an art-form in terms of their value. The most well known set of hierarchies are those held by academies in Europe between the 17th century and the modern era, and of these the hierarchy for the genres of painting held by the Académie française which held a central role in Academic art.
Hickory metro area With a 2004 population of 38,874, the City of Hickory, North Carolina serves as a trade, manufacturing, distribution and service center to approximately 350,000 people due to its location at the geographic center of a four county region and its ready access to major transportation facilities. Over the past two decades, the City's economy has increasingly diversified to manufacturing, trade, and services.
Hickory Motor Speedway Hickory Motor Speedway is a short track located in Hickory, North Carolina. It is one of stock car racing's most storied venues, and is often referred to as "The World's Most Famous Short Track" and the "Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars".
Hickory Records Hickory Records was a United States record label run by Acuff-Rose Music during the 1960s and 1970s. The record label worked with artists such as The Newbeats, Sue Thompson, Roy Acuff, Don Gibson, Stoney Cooper, Donovan and Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Hickory Ridge, Virginia Hickory Ridge is an extinct unincorporated town in Prince William County, Virginia. The town was located on land that is now part of Prince William Forest Park, a National Park Service property located adjacent to Marine Corps Base Quantico.
Hicks Island (Queensland) Hicks Island is an island about 1 km South East of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in Temple Bay about 200km North East of Iron Range National Park and Lockhart River in the Cape York Peninsula.
Hicksian demand function In microeconomics, a consumer's Hicksian demand function h(p, u) gives the cheapest bundle under a price level p for which the consumer derives a utility level of at least u. The function is named after John Hicks.
Hickson, Ontario Hickson is a village with a population of 400 in the township of East Zorra-Tavistock, in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Highway 59 and County Road 8, approximately 13 kilometres north of Woodstock and 10 kilometres south of Tavistock.
Hickstead The All England Jumping Course at Hickstead is the leading outdoor showjumping venue in England. It is located in rural West Sussex near the town of Haywards Heath and the main A23 road from London to Brighton.
Hickster a sub-cultural denizen within the hipster sub-culture whose style is informed by elements of the "southern" US, such as trucker hats, plaid shirts, PBR, mounted deer heads, and full beards. Notable hicksters are singer-songwriter Will Oldham and Jim James from My Morning Jacket, although their debt to Neil Young should be noted.
Hicksville (LIRR station) Hicksville is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road, and the most-heavily utilized station east of Jamaica Station. All trains for the Port Jefferson Branch stop at Hicksville, and while all trains on the Ronkonkoma Branch pass through this station, a few do not stop.
Hicom 300 Hicom 300 is a telephone exchange system from Siemens used by big companies such as IBM, UBS, Swisscom and Nestlé. The Hicom system has been surpassed by the HiPath system (which is in turn being surpassed by Siemens's VoIP offerings).
Hicom Trading E Hicom Trading E (HTE) (the E stands for Evolution) from Siemens is an extension to the telephone exchange system (PBX) Hicom 300 used by financial institutions. It features simultaneous access to up to 256 phone lines.
Hida Minzoku Mura Folk Village Hida Minzoku Mura Folk Village is an open-air museum of close to 30 old farmhouses illustrating the traditional architectural styles of the mountainous regions of Japan. The Hida Folk Village (or Hida no Sato) is located near Takayama, Japan.
Hidabu Abote Hidabu Abote is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Hidabu Abote is bordered on the south by Kuyu, on the west by Wara Jarso, on the north by the Jamma River which separates it from Dera, and on the east by Gegem.
Hidaka, Hyogo Hidaka (ć—Ąé«ç”ş; -cho) was a town located in Kinosaki District, Hyogo, Japan. On April 1, 2005 the town merged with two other towns into the expanded city of Toyooka and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Hidalgo (disambiguation) Hidalgo in Spanish and Fidalgo in Portuguese were traditional titles of persons of nobility or gentry, derived respectively from hijo de algo and filho de algo, "son of some (important family)". Read more at Hidalgo (Spanish nobility).
Hidalgotitlán Hidalgotitlán is a municipality located in the Mexican state of Veracruz, Southeast Mexico, the town has a population of near 18,000 in 2000, the name come from the mix of two words; one Spanish and another one Indian; the first part is the family name Hidalgo (the father of the modern Mexican nation was Miguel Hidalgo) and the second part is "Tlan" that is an indigenous term specifically and ending that means "place", this settlement is located on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, is a riverbank settlement at the left bank of the river Coatzacoalcos, the nearest major urban centre is located 17 miles NNW (City of Minatitlán) upwards on the Coatzacoalcos bank too; geographical coordinates are 17°46'N 94°39'W. The main economic activity are fruit agriculture, harvest and livestock.
Hidari Jingoro Hidari Jingoro (ĺ·¦ ç”šäş”éŽ ă˛ă ă‚Š ăă‚“ă”ă‚Ťă†) was a Japanese artist, sculptor and carpenter, active from 1596-1644. Jingoro is known to have created many famous deity sculptures located throughout Japan.
Hidayat Inayat Khan Hidayat Inayat-Khan (born London, England in 1917) is the son of Hazrat Inayat Khan and Pirani Ameena Begum. In his youth he studied music and composition at L'Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, and later enjoyed a distinguished career as a violinist, conductor and professor of music.
Hidayat Nur Wahid Hidayat Nur Wahid (born in Klaten, Central Java on 8 April 1960) was elected as the leader of Indonesia's Constitutional Assembly (MPR) on 6 October 2004. He resigned as the leader of Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) on 11 October 2004.
Hidayatullah National Law University Hidayatullah National Law University is a university in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. It was established as a centre for legal excellence by the Government of Chattisgarh under the Hidayatullah National University of Law, Chattisgarh, Act (Act No.
Hidde Kruize Jan Hidde Kruize (born September 30, 1961 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former field hockey player from The Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics: in Los Angeles (1984) and in Seoul (1988). He ended up in sixth place in California with the Dutch National Men's Team, and won the bronze medal in South Korea, after defeating Australia (2-1) in the Bronze Medal Game.
Hidden & Dangerous Hidden & Dangerous is a 1999 computer and video game developed by Illusion Softworks and published by Take-Two Interactive for Windows, the Sega Dreamcast, and the Sony PlayStation. The PlayStation version was developed by Tarantula Studios.
Hidden & Dangerous 2 Hidden & Dangerous 2 is a tactical shooter computer game developed by Illusion Softworks and published by Gathering of Developers. The player takes on the role of a four man Special Air Service (SAS) team during World War II, conducting a wide variety of operations behind enemy lines.
Hidden asset In finance, a hidden asset is an asset that is not shown on a balance sheet. An example of such an asset is the US $15 billion that United Airlines' frequent flyer program, Mileage Plus, was estimated to be worth when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Hidden Agenda (game) Hidden Agenda is an abandonware text-based computer strategy game written in 1988 by Jim Gasperini intended to simulate the conditions of a post-revolutionary Central American country. It is considered a forerunner of the Games for Change movement, alongside other early Macintosh games including Chris Crawford's Balance of Power and Balance of the Planet.
Hidden Beach Hidden Beach, is a popular and quite famous beach on the east side of Cedar Lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The beach is famous for once being the only nude beach in the Twin Cities, although nudity is much less common there than it once was.
Hidden camera A hidden camera is a still or video camera used to film people without their knowledge. The camera is "hidden" because it is either not visible to the subject being filmed, or is disguised as another object.
Hidden curriculum The concept hidden curriculum expresses the idea that schools do more than simply transmit knowledge, as laid down in the official curricula. Behind it lies criticism of the social implications, political underpinnings, and cultural outcomes of modern educative activities.
Hidden Camera Jihad Hidden Camera Jihad also known as Jihad Hidden Camera is a propaganda film allegedly made by Al-Qaeda and widely available on the internet. The film features clips of American & British soldiers being killed by IEDs and snipers and is overdubbed with slapstick style sound effects and an applause/laugh track.
Hidden City Games Hidden City Games was founded in 2004 by Peter Adkison and Jesper Myrfors. The company, started in Seattle, Washington was originally founded for the sole purpose of publishing Clout Fantasy a game invented by Jesper Myrfors.
Hidden directory A hidden directory is a folder or directory on a computer operating system which is hidden by default to the user. Hidden directories are most often used to hide important operating system (OS)-related files essential for the running of an OS.
Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust is the title of a non-fiction book by Kevin Annett. The book's subtitle is "The Untold Story of the Genocide of Aboriginal Peoples by Church and State in Canada.
Hidden Fuhrer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality Hidden Fuhrer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality is a documentary film based on the research of German Professor Lothar Machtan for his 2001 book The Hidden Hitler that claimed Adolf Hitler was a homosexual. Aired by HBO's CINEMAX Reel Life, the 90 minute documentary was directed by gay documentarians Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato and was produced by Gabriel Rotello.
Hidden headlamps Hidden headlamps are an automotive styling feature that conceals an automobile's headlights when not in use. Depending on the design, the headlights may be mounted in a housing that rotates so as to sit flush with the front end (as with the Porsche 928), may retract into the hood and/or fenders (as with the Chevrolet Corvette from 1968 to 2004), or may be concealed behind retractable or rotating grille panels (as on the 1966 Dodge Charger or 1967 Mercury Cougar).
Hidden Lake Gardens Hidden Lake Gardens 755 acres (310 hectares) are botanical gardens and an arboretum operated by Michigan State University near Tipton, Michigan, USA, eight miles (13 km) west of Tecumseh. The Gardens include thousands of labeled trees, shrubs and flowers.
Hidden Lakes, Nevada The Hidden Lakes are a pair of glacial tarns in the Ruby Mountains, in Elko County in the northeastern part of the state of Nevada. They are located on a shelf on the Ruby Crest above Soldier Basin, at approximately 40°44.
Hidden Markov model A hidden Markov model (HMM) is a statistical model in which the system being modeled is assumed to be a Markov process with unknown parameters, and the challenge is to determine the hidden parameters from the observable parameters. The extracted model parameters can then be used to perform further analysis, for example for pattern recognition applications.
Hidden Mickey A Hidden Mickey is a subtle formation of a silhouette of the head of Mickey Mouse and his two ears, or a more complete representation of Mickey Mouse (such as Mickey mixed in with a crowd or in the background). Mickeys may be painted, made up of objects (such as rocks, or three plates on a table), or be references such as someone wearing Mickey Mouse Club "ears" in a painting.
Hidden pirate degree A joke at MIT, typically spread by the institute's freshmen. It declares that if you take a certain series of physical education classes: sailing, rowing, pistol, fencing, and ropes, you either graduate with a pirate sticker on your degree or qualify for an elusive hidden Bachelor of Piracy degree.
Hidden Passions Hidden Passions: Secrets from the Diaries of Tabitha Lenox was a tie-in novelization released by Harper Entertainment in 2001 that was loosely based on the NBC soap opera Passions. It delved into the backstories of several prominent characters on the show, and was purportedly written by town witch Tabitha Lenox.
Hidden route In the United States, a hidden route (sometimes called unsigned) is a highway which has been designated a route number by a state department of transportation, but does not use that route number on signage, usually because the highway also acts as a U.S.
Hidden sector In particle physics, the term hidden sector refers to the collection of yet-unobserved quantum fields and the corresponding hypothetical particles that do not directly interact via the forces of the Standard Model i.e.
Hidden semi-Markov model A hidden semi-Markov model (HSMM) is a hidden Markov model in which the number of outputs generated before moving to a new - but not necessarily different - hidden state is a random variable, with a certain probability to occur. It is therefore able to generate more than one output per state transition, or to map the current state in probabilistics terms.
Hidden surface determination In 3D computer graphics, hidden surface determination is the process used to determine which surfaces and parts of surfaces are not visible from a certain viewpoint. A hidden surface determination algorithm is a solution to the visibility problem, which was one of the first major problems in the field of 3D computer graphics.
Hidden text Hidden text is computer text that is displayed in such a way as to not be easily readable. Hidden text is most commonly achieved by setting the font color to be the same as the background color, rendering the text invisible unless the user highlights it.
Hidden track In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music which has been deliberately placed on a Compact Disc, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener. In some cases, the piece of music may simply have been left off the track listing, whilst in other cases more elaborate methods are used.
Hidden transformation The hidden transformation reformulates a constraint satisfaction problem in such a way all constraints have at most two variables. The new problem is satisfiable if and only if the original problem was, and solutions can be converted easily from one problem to the other.
Hidden variable theory In physics, the hidden variable theory is espoused by a minority of physicists who argue that the statistical nature of quantum mechanics indicates that QM is incomplete. Albert Einstein, the most famous proponent of hidden variables, insisted that, "God does not play dice with the Universe.
Hidden Vale Sports Club Hidden Vale Sports Club is only one of three places in the Philippines with Lawn Bowls and with the coming of the 2005 Southeast Asian Games has become the largest of these. In addition, it has constructed multiple Pétanque courts alongside, making it the official home of the Philippines’ Lawn Bowls and Pétanque teams and training ground for their world class players who have consistently earned top honors in international tournaments.
Hidden Valley Resort Hidden Valley Resort (also known as HV) is a holiday resort in Huntsville, Ontario, about 225 kilometers (140 mi) north of Toronto. It is situated on one shore of Peninsula Lake, which is also home to the nearby Deerhurst Resort.
Hidden Valleys Hidden Valleys was a name coined in 2004 to describe an area of interesting historical and scenic value between Nottingham and Mansfield in the county of Nottinghamshire. Promotional Literature and tourist information for the Hidden Valleys were created to encourage tourism in an area which had been blighted by industrial decline.
Hidden weapon A hidden weapon is a phrase most commonly used in reference to an inventory item in a video game. One could most likely complete the game without the hidden weapon, but a perfectionist would struggle with whatever necessary sidequest to attain the weapon.
Hidden Wonders Of Atrioventricular The Hidden Wonders Of Atrioventricular is a currently unreleased 'back catalogue' of demos and tracks by UK band Atrioventricular, recorded between 2005 and 2006. It is unknown whether the band intend to re-record and release any of the tracks from this collection in the future.
Hidden Words Kalimát-i-MaknĂşnih (کلمات مکنŮنه) or The Hidden Words is a book written around 1857 by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'Ă Faith. This work is written partly in Arabic and partly in Persian.
Hidden Worlds Hidden Worlds was a popular MUD which originally closed in 1993, but has re-opened a number of times, with the most recent being at Christmas 2006. It was one of the first DikuMUDs to feature online creation software.
Hidden: Source Hidden: Source is a multiplayer total conversion for the popular Half-Life 2 computer game. The gameplay revolves around the retrieval of an escaped research subject with the twist that the subject is highly agile, incredibly strong and cursed with nearly complete invisiblity.
Hiddensee (corvette) Originally commissioned by the East German Navy as the Rudolf Eglehofer, the Hiddensee is a Tarantul I class corvette built at the Petrovsky Shipyard in 1984, located near the Soviet city of St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad).
Hide (unit) The hide, in some places referred to as a carucate, was a variable unit of land area used in medieval England, defined according to its arable yield and taxable potential rather than its exact dimensions. This gave it a range of approximately 60 to 120 old acres, or 15 to 30 modern acres (6 to 12 hectares), depending on fertility.
Hide and Seek (Imogen Heap song) "Hide and Seek" is the first single by Imogen Heap from her album Speak For Yourself. The song is performed without any other accompaniment than what is produced by a Vocoder harmonizerAuralgasms, http://www.
Hide from the Sun The Rasmus album Hide from the Sun was released in mainland Europe, the UK, Scandinavia and Japan on September 12, 2005. It was released in the USA on October 10, 2006, and featured a selection of B-Side remixes and special edition bonus tracks.
Hide glue Hide glue, properly used, forms a strong and long-lasting bond. It was the most common woodworking glue for thousands of years until the advent of synthetic glues such as PVA and other resin glues in the 20th century.
Hide with Spread Beaver hide with Spread Beaver was a Japanese rock band founded by Hideto Matsumoto (also known as "hide") in 1997, after the breakup of his previous band X Japan. It served as a follow-up to his solo career, hide with Spread Beaver being comprised of members of his live band.
Hideaki Miyamura Hideaki Miyamura (1955 - ) is a Japanese-born American potter working in Kensington, New Hampshire. Miyamura is best known for his unique iridescent glazes, including a compelling gold glaze, the "starry night" glaze on a black background, and a blue hare's fur glaze.
Hideharu Miyahira Hideharu Miyahara (born December 21, 1973) is a retired Japanese ski jumper who competed from 1994 to 2006. He won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three silvers (1999: individual and team large hills, 2003: team large hill) and one bronze (1999: individual normal hill).
Hidehiko Yamane Hidehiko Yamane (ĺ±±ć ąč‹±ĺ˝¦, Yamane Hidehiko), Japanese clothes designer, the man behind the popular clothing brand Evisu jeans. In March, 2006, Yamane was reported to Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office along with another firm on suspicion of tax evasion.
Hideki Kamiya Hideki Kamiya is a video game designer employed by Capcom. His earlier known work was in the first Resident Evil, where he was credited as one of the planners for the gameplay system and camera angles in the game.
Hideki Saijo Hideki Saijō (西城 秀樹 Saijō Hideki, real name: Tatsuo Kimoto (木本 龍雄 Kimoto Tatsuo), born April 13, 1955 in Hiroshima -) is a Japanese singer and television celebrity most famous for singing the Japanese version of the Village People's hit song YMCA, called Young Man. Although the original version was gay-inspired, Saijō's version was intended to seriously inspire "young men".
Hideki Shiohira Hideki Shiohira (born 1948-03-13) is an aikido instructor in the San Francisco Bay Area, USA. He is a 7th dan shihan in the Aikikai, as well as holding a 6th dan from Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido, and is the founder and head instructor of the Pacific Aikido Federation, which comprises numerous aikido dojos in Northern California.
Hideki Shirakawa Professor Hideki Shirakawa 白川 英樹 Shirakawa Hideki, born in Tokyo on August 20, 1936) is a Japanese chemist and winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of conductive polymers together with Alan J. Heeger and Alan G MacDiarmid.
Hideki Tōjō Hideki Tojo (Kyūjitai: 東條 英機; Shinjitai: 東条 英機; ) (December 30 1884 – December 23 1948) was a General in the Imperial Japanese Army and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan; he served as prime minister during much of World War II, from October 18 1941 to July 22 1944. He was sentenced to death for war crimes after the war and executed by hanging.
Hideo Kojima is a Japanese video game designer at Konami. Formerly the vice president of Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, he is currently the head of Kojima Productions, a new team devoted to creative game development leaving behind all the business and administrative decision making.
Hideo Kuze Hideo Kuze (ă‚Żă‚Ľă»ă’ă‡ă‚Ş Kuze Hideo) is a fictional character in Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell anime series Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig. Kuze is a full cyborg and is a main suspect in Section 9's investigation of the Individual Eleven.
Hideo Nomo Hideo Nomo (野茂英雄 Nomo Hideo, born August 31, 1968) is a right-handed pitcher who has achieved success both in Japan and the United States. Nomo is not currently on any major league or minor league rosters.
Hideous Records Hideous Records is an independent record label set up in late 2006 by the three members of the British rock band, Reuben and their manager Barney Jeavons. It was set up using money they earned from playing live showsoffical website Manifeso.
Hides Hides are skins obtained from animals for human use. Examples of animal hide sources are deer and cattle typically used for producing leather, alligator skins, snake skins for shoes and fashion accessories and wild cats, minks and bears, whose skins are primarily sought for their fur.
Hidetsugu Yagi Hidetsugu Yagi (八木 秀次 Yagi Hidetsugu, January 28, 1886 - January 19, 1976) was a Japanese electrical engineer. When working at Tohoku University, he wrote several important articles that introduced a new antenna design by his colleague Shintaro Uda to the English-speaking world.
Hideya Kawahara Hideya Kawahara is a Sun Microsystems programmer who developed Project Looking Glass in his spare time on a small Linux laptop. After demonstrating an early version to Sun executives, he was assigned to it full time with a dedicated team.
Hidimba In the Mahabharata, Hidimba (Sanskrit: हिडिम्‍बा) (sometimes called Hidimbasura and Hdimba) was a rakshasa, the brother of Hidimbi and a forest dweller. He came into conflict with Bhima when he was travelling in the forest, and died in the conflict.
Hidipo Hamutenya Hidipo Hamutenya (born June 17 1939 in Odibo, Ohangwenya region, Namibia) is a politician from Namibia. He was minister of trade and industry in the government of President Sam Nujoma when during the cabinet reshuffle of August 2002 he became foreign minister.
Hidrogenesse Hidrogenesse is a Spanish pop band whose members are Carlos Ballesteros (singer) and GenĂs Segarra (keyboards). Although they have been together since 1997, they didn't release anything until 2000, with AsĂ se baila el siglo XX, a smart, cynical approach to the new millennium through the inventions of the 20th century.
Hidropark Hidropark () is an island on the Dnieper River in Kiev, Ukraine. It literally means "Waterpark" as it was created as an entertainment complex with mainly water activities: beaches, boats, water attractions.
Hidy and Howdy Hidy and Howdy were the mascots of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Acted by Christopher Porter and Megan Follows, Hidy and Howdy were twin polar bears who wore western/cowboy style outfits.
Hidy Ochiai Hidehiko "Hidy" Ochiai (Japanese:č˝ĺ秀彦, born September 26, 1939) is a Japanese born actor, author, and martial arts instructor. Hidy Ochiai is credited as establishing the Washin-Ryu style of Karate-Do.
HiDef HiDef, short for "high definition," (also called 24P) is a 24 frames-per-second digital video format for high-resolution capture of motion pictures. "24" refers to the frame rate—24 frame/s—and the "p" stands for "progressive image scanning" (as opposed to "interlaced scanning") (Wilt, 2003).
Hieraaetus The genus Hieraaetus, sometimes known as Hawk Eagles, is part of the Buteoninae subfamily of accipitrids. Hieraaetus comprises 3 species of medium-sized birds of prey inhabiting Africa and the tropical and subtropical regions of Eurasia: the Ayres' Hawk-eagle (Hieraaetus ayresii), the Rufous-bellied Eagle (H.
Hierarchial Cell structure Hierarchial Cell structure used in mobile telecommunication means splitting of cells. This type of cell structure allows the network to effectively use the geographical area and serve the increasing population.
Hierarchical Data Format Hierarchical Data Format, commonly abbreviated HDF, HDF4, or HDF5 is a library and multi-object file format for the transfer of graphical and numerical data between computers. It is created and maintained by the NCSA.
Hierarchical File System Hierarchical File System (HFS), is a file system developed by Apple Computer for use on computers running Mac OS. Originally designed for use on floppy and hard disks, it can also be found on read-only media such as CD-ROMs.
Hierarchical incompetence Hierarchical Incompetence: A key feature of large hierarchical organizations is the over-simplification of issues and the loss of tacit knowledge about issues as they ascend the hierarchy, and the tendency for lateral communication across the various departments, fiefdoms, etc to be stifled either actively by management, or by self-imposed isolation.
Hierarchical linear modeling Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), also known as multi-level analysis, is a more advanced form of simple linear regression and multiple linear regression. Multilevel analysis allows variance in outcome variables to be analysed at multiple hierarchical levels, whereas in simple linear and multiple linear regression all effects are modeled to occur at a single level.
Hierarchical model In a hierarchical data model, data are organized into a tree-like structure. The structure allows repeating information using parent/child relationships: each parent can have many children but each child only has one parent.
Hierarchical Music Specification Language The Hierarchical Music Specification Language (HMSL) is a music programming language written in the 1980s by Larry Polansky, Phil Burk, and David Rosenboom at Mills College. Written on top of Forth, it allowed for the creation of real-time interactive music performance systems, algorithmic composition software, and any other kind of program that requires a high degree of musical informatics.
Hierarchical organization A hierarchical organization is an organization structured in a way such that every entity in the organization, except one, is subordinate to a single other entity. This is the dominant mode of organization among large organizations; most corporations, governments, and organized religions are hierarchical organizations.
Hierarchical storage management Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) is a data storage technique that automatically moves data between high-cost and low-cost storage media. HSM systems exist because high-speed storage devices, such as hard disk drives, are more expensive (per byte stored) than slower devices, such as optical discs and magnetic tape drives.
Hierarchical Temporal Memory Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM) is a machine learning model developed by Jeff Hawkins and Dileep George of Numenta, Inc. that models some of the structural and algorithmic properties of the neocortex as Bayesian networks.
Hierarchy A hierarchy (in Greek: often used in Geographic studies , it is derived from -hieros, sacred, and -arkho, rule) is a system of ranking and organizing things or people, where each element of the system (except for the top element) is subordinate to a single other element.
Hierarchy (object-oriented programming) In computer science's object-oriented programming, the mapped relationships of sub- and superclasses is known as a hierarchy. This can be visualized as an upside-down tree (or perhaps a pyramid), the top of which is known as the root.
Hierarchy of genres A hierarchy of genres is any formalization which ranks different types of genres in an art-form in terms of their value. The most well known set of hierarchies are those held by academies in Europe between the 17th century and the modern era, and of these the hierarchy for the genres of painting held by the Académie française which held a central role in Academic art.
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