Hals

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hals \Hals\ (h[add]ls), n. [AS. heals; akin to D., G., & Goth.
     hals. See {Collar}.]
     The neck or throat. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Do me hangen by the hals.                --Chaucer.


     [1913 Webster]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Hal/S
       
           (Hal/Shuttle) A {real-time} {high-level language}
          for flight control applications.  Hal was developed for {NASA}
          by {Intermetrics, Inc.} in the 1970s for on-board {software}.
          The initial version was a {Fortran} {preprocessor}, written in
          Fortran.  In 1972, as the space shuttle project advanced, the
          language was renamed Hal/S and made more adaptable to
          {architecture} of different computers by using {XPL}.  In all,
          11 different implementations, mostly based on {IBM 360}, were
          created.  Applications also included projects by {JPL}
          (Galileo probe, Deep Space network).
       
          ["Two-Dimensional Characteristics of HAL, A Language for
          Spaceflight Applications", J.S. Miller, SIGPLAN Notices 7(10),
          Oct 1972].
       
          ["Space Station Flight Software: Hal/S or Ada?", Allan
          R. Klumpp, "Computer", March 1985].
       
          (2002-07-13)