HP

abbr. high pressure

hp

abbr. horsepower

HP

h.p.

abbreviation for1. (Banking & Finance) Brit hire-purchase2. (Units) horsepower3. (General Physics) high pressure4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain) Houses of Parliament

hp

horsepower.

H.P.

or h.p. or HP,

1. high pressure. 2. horsepower.

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Noun

HP - a unit of power equal to 746 watts H.P., horsepowerpower unit - a measure of electric powerwatt, W - a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm

HP

hp

(mechanics) horsepower

hp, HP

1. Abbr. for horsepower. 2. Abbr. for “high pressure.”

HP

Hewlett-Packard

HP

(Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Palo Alto, CA, www.hp.com) One of the world's oldest and largest computer companies with revenues of USD $111 billion in 2014. In 2015, HP was split into two separate companies (see HP Enterprise).

HP was founded in 1939 by William Hewlett and David Packard in a garage behind the Packard's California home. Its first product, an audio oscillator for measuring sound, was the beginning of a line of electronics that made HP an international supplier of test and measurement instruments. Walt Disney Studios, HP's first big customer, purchased eight oscillators to develop and test a new sound system for the movie "Fantasia."

HP entered the computer field in 1966 with the 2116A, the first model of the series named HP 1000 a few years later. The 2116A was designed to gather and analyze the data produced by HP instruments. Lasting nearly four decades, HP 1000 computers were used for process monitoring and control, alarm management and machine monitoring.

In 1972, HP branched into business computing with the 3000 series, a multiuser system that became well known for its high reliability, especially for that time. The very successful 3000 family continued for more than three decades. Also in 1972, HP introduced the first scientific handheld calculator, the HP-35, obsoleting the slide rule and ushering in a new age of pocket-sized calculators. In 1982, the first HP 9000 workstation was introduced.

HP's first personal computer was the Touchscreen 150, a non-standard MS-DOS computer that gained only modest acceptance. In 1985, it introduced its first completely IBM-compatible PC, the 286-based Vectra model and has offered a variety of laptop and desktop PCs ever since.

In 1984, HP revolutionized the printer market with its desktop LaserJet printer, which has set the standard for the industry. HP continues its leadership in this area with routine advances in resolution, speed and price. It has become a formidable contender in desktop and network printers.

In 1986, it introduced Precision Architecture, a RISC-based architecture for its 3000 and 9000 series product lines, which proved very successful. In 1989, HP acquired Apollo Computer, a workstation manufacturer, and combined technologies to become a leader in the field of Unix-based workstations.

HP sells over 10,000 different products in the electronics and computer field and has gained a worldwide reputation for its quality engineering. In 1999, HP spun off its test and measurement divisions into a new company named Agilent Technologies. The business units involved grossed nearly USD $8 billion in 1998 and employed 45,000 people worldwide. Agilent is headquartered at 395 Page Mill Road, the site where Hewlett and Packard constructed their first building in 1943.

In 2002, HP acquired Compaq Computer. Since Compaq had acquired Digital Equipment Corporation in 1998, the Compaq acquisition resulted in HP absorbing its major competitor going back to the early days of minicomputers and lasting for many years. In 2008, the company acquired EDS, the largest computer services company in the U.S., creating a behemoth of more than 300,000 people worldwide (see EDS).

In 2011, HP acquired Palm and began to develop the TouchPad tablet based on Palm's webOS (see TouchPad).

In 2011, HP announced it would sell its $40 billion Personal Systems Group (PC division), but reversed that decision after a management change. However, three years later, HP decided to split the company into HP, Inc. for PCs and printers and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise for corporate services.

Hewlett and Packard - 1939

Hewlett (right) and Packard (left) develop their innovative audio oscillator in Packard's garage and wind up creating one of the top technology companies in the world. (Image courtesy of Hewlett-Packard Company.)

A Half Century Later

This photo of Hewlett and Packard was taken in 1988 at an awards ceremony. (Image courtesy of Hewlett-Packard Company.)

HP's First Product

This is the advertisement for the original audio oscillator in 1939. (Image courtesy of Hewlett-Packard Company.)

The 2116A

The 2116A was HP's first computer. Designed for process control, it was the beginning of a long line of products for that industry as well as for scientific and commercial applications. (Image courtesy of Hewlett-Packard Company.)

haptoglobin

[hap´to-glo″bin] a group of serum alpha₂-globulin glycoproteins that bind free hemoglobin; three phenotypes, with differing abilities to bind hemoglobin, are distinguished electrophoretically.

HP

Abbreviation for haptoglobin.

AFP

A gene on chromosome 4q11-q13 that encodes alpha-fetoprotein, a major plasma protein produced by the yolk sac and the liver during foetal life. AFP is regarded as the foetal counterpart of serum albumin and binds copper, nickel, fatty acids and bilirubin; hereditary persistance of alpha-fetoprotein may be found in individuals with no obvious pathology.
Molecular pathology
AFP is elevated in foetuses with neural tube defects, including spina bifida and anencephaly. It is elevated in adults with hepatocellular carcinomas and germ cell tumours.

HP

Health professional, see there.

Acronym	Definition
HP➣Hewlett-Packard
HP➣Horsepower
HP➣Home Page
HP➣High Performance
HP➣High Power(ed)
HP➣High Point (geographical)
HP➣Health Plan
HP➣High-Profile
HP➣Hidden Power (Pokemon)
HP➣High Pressure
HP➣High Pass (Filter)
HP➣Harry Potter
HP➣Higher Power
HP➣High Production
HP➣Head Phones
HP➣Health Promotion
HP➣Hire Purchase
HP➣Hospital (UK)
HP➣Headphone(s)
HP➣High Priority
HP➣Hand Phone (cellular phone)
HP➣Human Performance
HP➣Highway Patrol
HP➣Health Points (video games)
HP➣Hand-Painted
HP➣Honda Prelude
HP➣Health Physics
HP➣High Purity
HP➣Harp
HP➣Heat Pipe
HP➣High Priced
HP➣Hyde Park
HP➣House Party (Sims expansion pack)
HP➣Historic Preservation (various locations)
HP➣Hole Punch(er)
HP➣Hand Picked (groundnuts)
HP➣Hemel Hempstead (postcode, United Kingdom)
HP➣Halbpension (German: halfboard)
HP➣Himachal Pradesh (state in India)
HP➣Heparin
HP➣Hydrogen Peroxide
HP➣Hypothalamic-Pituitary
HP➣Hit by Pitch (baseball)
HP➣Helicobacter Pylori (bacteria)
HP➣Hôpitaux de Paris (French: Paris Hospitals; Paris, France)
HP➣Honors Program (various schools)
HP➣Hard Palate (mouth)
HP➣Hemiparesis (medical disorder)
HP➣Handicapped Parking (transportation)
HP➣Half-Pint
HP➣High Priest
HP➣Houses of Parliament (UK)
HP➣America West Airlines (airline code)
HP➣Hunter Pence (baseball player)
HP➣High Pitch (musical instruments)
HP➣Helmerich & Payne (oil company)
HP➣Huntington Park (California)
HP➣Hot Process (soap making)
HP➣Hip Pain
HP➣Holding Pattern
HP➣Hollowpoint (bullet)
HP➣Horizontal Pitch (electronic equipment)
HP➣Hello! Project
HP➣Home Port (of a vessel)
HP➣History and Physical (medical)
HP➣Hotplugging (ability to plug in new devices and use immediately)
HP➣Horizontal Parallax (astronomy)
HP➣Perigee Altitude (US NASA)
HP➣Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
HP➣Health Practitioner
HP➣Hunter's Point (San Francisco district)
HP➣Holiday Pay
HP➣Honey Pie (Beatles song)
HP➣Hoi Polloi
HP➣Hodrick-Prescott (Filter)
HP➣Hersheypark (amusement park Hershey, Pennsylvania)
HP➣Hole Plug
HP➣Hydraulic Platform (self-propelled, fire brigade road vehicle for aerial rescue/firefighting used in UK)
HP➣Health Post
HP➣Hit Probability
HP➣Health Physicist
HP➣Human Pituitary Gonadotropin
HP➣Hiroshima Prefecture
HP➣Henry Paul (musician)
HP➣Hurricane Program (US FEMA)
HP➣Handyphone
HP➣Horizontal Polarization
HP➣Herald Press
HP➣Heart Points (gaming)
HP➣Hydrogen Purge
HP➣Hot Pipe
HP➣Heritage Party (Zambia)
HP➣Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd
HP➣Hladno Pivo (band)
HP➣Hope Page
HP➣Head Prefect
HP➣Harmonic Power
HP➣Horse Piss (Horse Piss Beer)
HP➣Hintapyyntö (Finnish)
HP➣Hyper Police (anime series)
HP➣Hale Pohaku (Dormitory at Mauna Kea Observatories)
HP➣Half Position (music)
HP➣Hit Point(s) (gaming)
HP➣Higher Order Path
HP➣Heptode
HP➣Hemi-Pelvectomy (amputation)
HP➣Hide Position
HP➣Hajtás Pajtás (Bike Messenger Company; Hungary)
HP➣Hazi Palinka (Hungarian plum brandy)
HP➣Human Particulate
HP➣Head Pixie (cartoon character)
HP➣Household Profile
HP➣Health Point(s) (gaming)
HP➣Hypothication
HP➣Hiper Pool
HP➣Hora Prima (Latin: First Hour, epigraphy)
HP➣Hic Positus (Latin: Buried Here, epigraphy)
HP➣Honesta Puella (Latin: Virtuous Girl, epigraphy)
HP➣Hydrographic Procedure
HP➣Hereditatis Possessio (Latin: Ownership by Heritage, epigraphy)
HP➣Horizontal Plotter
HP➣Honestus Puer (Latin: Virtuous Boy, epigraphy)

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noun a unit of power equal to 746 watts

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