Hacktivist
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A type of hacker whose mischief is
driven by the fact that they believe the target is in some way acting
unethically.
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Hardware
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IT systems are made up of hardware,
software and data. Hardware is the
stuff you can see and touch. It
generally is of no use until it is loaded with software. Examples include, printers, PCs and
servers.
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HDML
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Handheld Device Markup Language. A
specification for enabling web pages to be delivered to palmtops. A
predecessor to WML.
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Help desk
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An arrangement set up to act as an
interface between users/clients and the internal technical staff. Most
commonly used to protect IT departments from abusive phone calls.
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Hibernate
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Hibernate is an open source solution
to simplify the incorporation of relational databases into Java applications.
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High-end server
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This is a more modern name for a
mainframe. Also known as a super server. Makers of powerful servers feel that
calling their products mainframes would make them sound old and dusty. So high-end server is a sexier name for
mainframe.
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Hope
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Very old school programming language
that never quite left university.
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Horizontal portal
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A portal that offers services /
information, but without specialising in any one particular area. E.g. Yahoo.
As opposed to vertical portal or vortal. A somewhat passé term.
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HP
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Hewlett Packard. A major player in the
world of IT. Primarily associated with both consumer IT (eg. PCs and
printers) and enterprise IT (eg. servers and system management tools).
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HP-UX
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Hewlett Packard’s Unix offering.
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HSCSD
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High Speed Circuit Switched Data. An
enhanced version of GSM, but something of a technology cul-de-sac, as ‘packet
switching’ is seen as the way to go.
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HSDPA
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High Speed Downlink Packet Access. A
3G telephony standard. Seen as a successor to UMTS.
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HTML
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HyperText Mark Up Language. The language used to create web pages. Not
a programming language, as such, it simply provides the means format the web
page. So HTML determines the ‘look and feel’ of the web page. To give the web
page functionality one needs to incorporate software into the web page. See
Scripting Language.
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HTTP
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Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, part of
the TCP/IP series of protocols, specifically responsible for managing
transfer of web pages from the web server to the user’s device.
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Hub
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A piece of hardware that forms the
central point of a star network topology.
It is a device that is usually used in small offices to network
computers together, e.g. all the PCs and printers would be connected, wired or
wirelessly, to the hub.
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Hypermedia
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Multimedia with hyperlinks. With
hypermedia it is possible to incorporate hyperlinks into video. So if you
like the look of James Bond’s watch then click on it and the order form will
appear.
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