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Glossary : H
A to Z of commonly used abbreviations and acronyms
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- H&PS : Housing and Property Services
- H.O.M.E.S. : Housing Mobility and Exchange Services
- HA : Housing Association
- HAAS : House Adaptations Advisory Service
- HACCIT : Housing and Community Care Interagency Team
- HAG : Housing Association Grant
- HALT : Highly Accelerated Lifecycle Testing
- HAPs : High Altitude Platforms
- HASAW : Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
- HASAWA : Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
- HAT : Highest Astronomical Tide
- HB : Housing Benefit
- HCA : Hamp Community Association
- HCAUK : Handcycling Association of the UK
- HCCLF : Housing Community Care Liaison Forum
- HCES : Housing, Community and Environmental Services Dept
- HCI : human computer interaction
- HCL : Hardware Compatibility List
- HCRC : Human Communication Research Centre
- HDCP : High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection
- HDMI : High-Definition Multimedia Interface
- HDP : Harbour Development Plan
- HDR : High Dynamic Range (image)
- HDTV : high definition television
- HDV : Heavy Duty Vehicles
- HE : House Equivalent
- HEES : Home Energy Efficiency Scheme
- HEF : Historic Environment Forums
- HEFCE : Higher Education Funding Council for England
- HERO : Higher Education and Research Opportunities
- HEX : High-Energy X-ray Spectrometer
- HGH : Human Growth Hormone
- HHSRS : Housing Health and Safety Rating System
- HIA : Home Improvement Agency
- HIMP : Health Improvement and Modernisation Plan
- HIP : Housing Investment Programme
- HiRISE : High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
- HLR : Home Location Register
- HM : Head-Master or Mead-Mistress
- HM : Her (or His) Majesty
- HMAC : Hash-based Message Authentication Mode
- HMCE : Her (or His) Majesty's Customs and Excise (HM Customs and Excise)
- HMI : Her (or His) Majesty's Inspector
- HMLR : Her (or His) Majesty's Land Registry
- HMO or HMOs : House(s) in Multiple Occupation
- HMPS : Her (or His) Majesty's Prison Service
- HMRC : Her (or His) Majesty's Revenue and Customs
- HMS : Her (or His) Majesty's Service
- HMS : Housing Management System
- HMSO : Her (or His) Majesty's Stationery Office
- HNC : Higher National Certificate
- HND : Higher National Diploma
- HoS : Head of Service
- HPAI : High pathogenicity avian influenza virus (see also LPAI)
- HR : Human Resources
- HR : Hydraulics Research
- HRA : Housing Revenue Account
- HRA : Human Rights Act
- HRT : Hormone Replacement Therapy
- HSDPA : High Speed Data Packet Access
- HSE : Health and Safety Executive
- HSM : Hierarchical Storage Management
- HSN : The Home Safety Network
- HTM or HTML : Hypertext Markup Language
- HTTP : HyperText Transfer Protocol
- HTTPS : HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
- HWRS : Household Waste Recycling Sites
- Hz : Hertz
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