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The Guardian p. 21 29 March 2007

HBCUs

Historically Black colleges and universities USA

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/24/
1251762083/famu-hbcu-mega-gift-gerami-what-happened-what-next

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/08/15/
1190510713/california-grads-headed-to-hbcus-in-the-south-
prepare-for-college-under-abortion

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/15/
1117437412/hbcu-black-students-applications-enrollments-increase

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/16/
1087028271/education-secretary-cardona-on-grant-funds-for-hbcus-
after-recent-bomb-threats

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/30/
897224551/hbcu-president-i-slept-better-after-deciding-on-all-online-classes-
in-the-fall

HBO

Home Box Office USA

https://www.hbo.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
HBO

High-Definition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
High-definition_video

HDCD

High Definition Compatible Digital

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
High_Definition_Compatible_Digital

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_Again - 1982

HDTV

High-Definition Television

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/16/
business/hdtv-is-a-new-reality-for-game-developers.html

HEIF

High Efficiency Image File Format

High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF)

is a digital container format

for storing individual digital images and image sequences.

The standard covers multimedia files

that can also include other media streams,

such as timed text, audio and video.

HEIF can store images encoded

with multiple coding formats,

for example both SDR and HDR images.

HEVC is an image and video encoding format

and the default image codec used with HEIF.

HEIF files containing HEVC-encoded images

are also known as HEIC files.

Such files require less storage space

than the equivalent quality JPEG.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
High_Efficiency_Image_File_Format

HFCs

Hydrofluorocarbon Emissions

https://www.npr.org/2016/10/15/
498091414/countries-reach-deal-to-limit-hydrofluorocarbon-emissions

HFEA

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2007/dec/15/
genetics.health

HFT

high-frequency trade

https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/17/
us-commodities-highfrequency-idUSTRE75G0MT20110617/

HGTV

Home & Garden Television USA

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/04/
1248711088/zillow-gone-wild-tv-series-hgtv-max-instagram

HHS

Department of Health and Human Services USA

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/
1227543272/what-would-rfk-jr-mean-to-hhs

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/15/
g-s1-34340/up-first-newsletter-
robert-kennedy-donald-trump-health-human-services-bond-market

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/28/
823254597/hhs-warns-states-not-to-put-people-with-disabilities-
at-the-back-of-the-line-for

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/04/08/7
11020181/how-trumps-hhs-reconciles-medicaid-cuts-
with-stopping-the-spread-of-hiv

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/13/
647575726/shelters-for-immigrant-teens-expanded-
as-record-numbers-continue-to-cross

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/31/
634075540/hhs-inspector-generals-report-finds-flaws-and-fraud-
in-u-s-hospice-care

Hi-Fi

high-fidelity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
High_fidelity

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/
business/edgar-m-villchur-hi-fi-innovator-dies-at-94.html

Hips / HIPS

Home information packs

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2007/aug/01/
homeinformationpacks.business

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HIV MAN GUILTY OF 'BIOLOGICAL GBH'

14 October 2003

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/
health/for-first-time-baby-cured-of-hiv-doctors-say.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/
world/new-hiv-cases-falling-in-some-poor-nations-but-treatment-still-lags.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/dec/05/hiv-aids-body-and-soul

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/23/world-aids-day-2010-boseley

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/oct/08/hiv-infections-rise-20-years

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/
health/policy/12aids.html

Hong Kong

https://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSHKF078838
20080116

HMO

Health Maintenance Organization USA

HMP

His / Her Majesty Prison UK

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/mar/08/
a-former-inmate-returns-to-hmp-holloway-joya-berrows-best-photograph

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/22/
hmp-bedford-inmate-caught-rats-in-his-cell-during-inspection-visit

HMRC

Her Majesty Revenue & Customs UK

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/
hm-revenue-customs

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/
hmrc

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/aug/09/
one-top-30-tax-evaders-caught

HMS

His/Her Majesty's Ship UK

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/12/
493676137/second-vessel-from-doomed-franklin-expedition-found-in-the-arctic

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/dec/03/
ark-royal-final-voyage

HMT

Her Majesty Treasury UK

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury

HMV

His Master's Voice

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jan/09/
hmv-insists-survive-despite-christmas-sales

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/jul/19/
hmvgroupbusiness.retail

HOA

homeowners association USA

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/22/
nx-s1-5388912/my-neighbors-christmas-lights-are-still-up-
should-i-call-the-hoa

https://www.propublica.org/article/
they-faced-foreclosure-
not-from-their-mortgage-lender-but-from-their-hoa - April 7, 2022

https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/
colorado-homeowners-do-you-have-experience-dealing-with-an-hoa-
help-us-investigate - Feb. 10, 2022

Hols

Holidays

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/aug/30/
back-to-work-less-stressful

HOV

High-occupancy vehicle USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/02/
1120628973/pregnant-woman-dallas-fetus-hov-lane-passenger-ticket

Hewlett-Packard USA

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/
story.php?storyId=1138055 - February 14, 2002

HPA

Health Protection Agency UK

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/
public-health-england

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/sep/09/
medicineandhealth.bse

HPV

Human papillomavirus,

also known as human wart virus

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/nov/04/
its-incredible-hpv-vaccine-saves-thousands-of-women-from-cervical-cancer-
uk-study-shows

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/01/
465160937/cdc-endorses-a-more-effective-hpv-vaccine-
to-prevent-cancer

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/
health/hpv-vaccine-found-to-help-with-cancers-of-throat.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/
health/throat-cancer-link-to-oral-sex-gains-credence.html

Headquarters

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/mar/23/
uk.partyfunding

Higher Purchase

HRS

His/Her Royal Highness UK

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-10224525 - 9 April 2021

HRT

Hormone Therapy Replacement

The Guardian p. 1 19 April 2007

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/26/
menopause-treatment-hrt

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/11/
jeanette-winterson-can-you-stop-the-menopause

HSS

Department of Health and Human Services USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/02/01/
512687027/hhs-nominee-tom-price-targeted-panel-
that-urged-fewer-cancer-screenings

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
HTML

HUAC

House Un-American Activities Committee USA

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/7/newsid
_2946000/2946420.stm

HUD

Department of Housing and Urban Development USA

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/
nx-s1-5368254/hud-headquarters-d-c-for-sale-scott-turner-doge

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/
nx-s1-5325936/hud-funding-fair-housing-laws-legal-aid-groups-scott-turner

https://www.propublica.org/article/
hud-demolishes-public-housing-displaces-residents-cairo - November 23, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/18/
978244891/hud-growth-of-homelessness-during-2020-was-devastating-
even-before-the-pandemic

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/12/
627621845/why-charlotte-is-one-of-ben-carsons-models-
for-hud-s-work-requirements

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/28/
589493664/ben-carson-and-hud-face-allegations-of-lavish-spending-
including-31-000-furnitur

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/13/
585255697/white-house-budget-calls-for-deep-cuts-to-hud

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/23/us/
politics/obama-to-nominate-julian-castro-as-hud-secretary.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/
opinion/01tue1.html

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