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HALLUCINOMEMIC: An idea that induces
hallucinations ("Some things have to be believed to be seen")
[John McPherson July 1993]
HEAT DEATH: A cosmological end state
of universal thermodynamic equilibrium - ie the same temperature everywhere,
meaning there's no energy for anything except reversible
interactions.
HIVE COMPUTING: Using unused computing
resources in a network to speed up calculations or distribute parallel
programs. [Probable origin: Hive
Computing: working together for the common good by S teve G. Steinberg,
Wired 3.11, November 1995]
HOMORPH: A transhuman
or posthuman with a humanoid body [Greg
Bear, Eon]
HPLD: Highest Possible Level of Development.
This is a concept (and abbreviation) from a Stanslaw Lem story. The
idea is that there is an end-state of technological evolution, when
it is possible to carry out everything consistent with physical law,
and that this end-state is essentially unique. Because of the uniqueness
of this state, it is possible to theorize usefully about it, while the
paths between here and there are shrouded by mind-boggling complexity
(AKA the Singularity). [definition
by Carl Feynman. The original story is "Altruizine, or A True Account
of How Bonhomius the Hermetic Hermit Tried to Bring About Universal
Happiness, and What Came of It", in The Cyberiad]
HYPERTEXT: Massively interconnected database
providing the ability to track information in all directions, notify
you of updated information, etc. [Ted Nelson]
HYPONEIRIA: Lack of dreaming, a pathological
deficiency of imagination. [Dean Shomshak, January 1996]
HYPOTECH: Hypothetical technology [Michael
M. Butler]
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