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Hard Copy: A print paper copy of the program code or document on a computer.  An example of a softcopy is an Excel or Word document.

Hard Drive: A computer's non-removable internal disk drive which is used for the storage of data, documents and the computer's programs and operating system.

Hardware: Refers to the physical pieces of a computer system which includes the monitor, CPU, memory, storage disks drives, printers, scanners, and networking equipment.
Heat Sink: A device or substance that is used to dissipate heat commonly produced by electronic equipment and components.

HTML: Also known as Hypertext Markup Language, is the coding language used on the World Wide Web. HTML is commonly used for creating web pages on the Internet.

HTTP: An application protocol which is a set of rules for exchanging files, documents, images, sound, video, etc. on the World Wide Web.

HyperThreading: An propriety technology of Intel which is used to improve the parallelization of computations performed on a PC's microprocessors by simultaneuosly multithreading.

Hyperlink: Commonly called a link, is an connection between one web page and another.  These links can be for other pages within the same site or to another site altogether.