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Hardware Compatibility HOWTO
This document lists most of the hardware supported by Linux and helps you locate any necessary drivers.

Haitzler, Carsten "Raster"
best known for programming the Enlightenment window manager, but he has also contributed to the GNOME project specifications

half-duplex
A communication mode that allows data to flow in only one direction at a time

Hall, Jon "Maddog"
Jon is famous for his vocal attendance of important Linux events. He is executive director of Linux International, formerly of DEC (Compaq)

hard boot
A boot initiated by hardware. This could be a computer power-up, a press of its reset button, or even a hardware glitch

hard link
One of several directory entries which refer to the same Unix file. A hard link is created with the "ln" (link) command

Harrison, Geoff "Mandrake"
a senior software engineer for VA Research. He's most commonly known as Mandrake, author of the mandrake.net "Current News" diary and the major contributor to the Enlightenment window manager

Hebrew HOWTO
This `Frequently Asked Questions' (FAQ) / HOWTO document describes how to configure your Linux machine to use Hebrew characters on X-Windows and Virtual Consoles.

HELLENIC HOWTO
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high-level language
computer language that can be used on many different computer systems. By contrast, a low-level language refers to specific hardware locations and is inseparable from a specific hardware architecture. Another name for low-level language is assembly language

history
In the C shell and the Korn shell, a list of command lines (or events) previously executed by a user

Hohndel, Dirk
head developer for XFree86, the project that has implemented a totally free and widely used version of the X Window System for Linux, BSD, and OS/2

home directory
the directory you are placed in immediately after you log in to the system

Home Network miniHOWTO
A simple tutorial on configuring Red Hat 6 and related variants to operate as an internet gateway to a small home or office network. Topics covered include masquerading, DNS, DHCP, and basic security

host
A physical or virtual device with a "host" internet address, like 123.2.3.4. That is, not a network address like 123.2.0.0 . Typically, the device is a network interface device like an Ethernet card or a PPP controlled serial interface. Often, a computer is connected via only one such device, and it is thus natural to speak of "host" and "computer" synonymously and it is often done

HOWTO
A freely distributable document that describes in detail how to set up or configure a Linux component. It is often the best starting point for a beginner

HTML
HyperText Markup Language: the underlying formatting for World-Wide-Web documents

Hughes, Phil
Phil is the publisher of the Linux Journal, an extremely important Linux paper based publication

Hurd
The Hurd will be the foundation of the whole GNU system. It is built on top of the Mach 3.0 kernel, a free message-passing kernel developed by CMU. Mach's virtual memory management and message-passing facilities are extensively used by the Hurd. The GNU C Library will provide the Unix system call interface, and will call the Hurd for needed services it can't provide itself

Hypertext
A system of "live" documents where a text file contains references to other documents that can be followed, thus linking documents to other related materials. The best known example is HTML

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