Hal

1. The HAL-9000 computer, guardian of the spacecraft Discovery in the novels and films of 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequel, 2010. First activated at the HAL plant in Urbana, Illinois on January 12, 1997 (or 1992 in the film version). HAL is short for Heuristic ALgorithmic, and not derived by moving one letter back from the initials of IBM, as some have suggested. HAL's apparently psychotic behaviour in 2001 is revealed in the novel, and in either version of 2010, to have been a result of a neurosis arising from conflicts between his programming to accurately input, analyse and output information, and the demands of national security mandated by the Pentagon.

2. Any troublesome, wary or otherwise bloody-mindedly unhelpful computer.

Open the pod bay doors, Hal.

by Fearman February 25, 2008

hal

yer....met through frends of frends....and now i think i love him-hes so sweet...

"YAY!hals online-awesome-hal is so cool"

by Layla-yer-hal knows who i am:) October 4, 2004

Hal

The most wonderful boyfriend a girl could ever ask for. No one is better then him. He is the prime example of a girl's perfect boyfriend. He's sweet, compassionate, caring, creative, silly, fun, and gorgeous. His hobbies include mixing bad drinks, airsoft, video games, and hanging out with his girlfriend.

I'm so jealous, I wish I was dating a guy like Hal

by JustAGirlInLove June 1, 2009

hal

Acronym for Hardware Abstraction Layer. The HAL is used by NT-based Operating Systems to handle hardware. This prevents the OS from having direct access to hardware.

The HAL is one of the main reaons that NT-based OS's are more stable than Win9.x.

by Gary Destruction November 19, 2003

hal

1- one who is really l33t in a non nerdy way and has bands of devoted followers.

2- one who owns you (in a non-gay way)

"damn, ur owned by hal"
"yeah, me too"
"well, i dont care, cos hal's soooo awesome, dude! "

by i'm not hal January 4, 2004

Hal

one who absolutely dominates, usually in a charming and sexy way.

"When pinned on the living room floor after a failed wrestling match, I announced he was a Hal and was finally free."

by SkippyLou February 16, 2010

hal

The radest fucking dude alive. Someone who parties a lot and gets crunk all the time.

person 1: There's a party at hal's tonight.You going?
person 2: Hell Ya! Hal throws da craziest ass parties around, he's so fuckin awesome.

by Hufnagle December 28, 2005