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- Hydrometer
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An instrument for measuring the specific gravity of a liquid.
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- Hydrophilic
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- Hydrophobic
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- Hygroscopicity
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That property of a substance which enables it to absorb water vapor from the surrounding atmosphere. Relative to most materials, vellum and paper, particularly the former, are strongly hygroscopic.
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- Hyperfocal Distance
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Distance of the nearest object in a scene that is acceptably sharp when the lens is focused on infinity.
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- Hyperlink
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An image or text, that when clicked on, will move to another file or a different area of the same file.
Hyperlinked text is usually underlined and in a different color and the curser changes to a different shape when moved over the area.
Also called a link or hypertext link.
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- Hypermedia
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Documents containing several information types, such as text, images, audio, and video.
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- Hypermodern
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Collected first editions published within last ten years or so.
Most were published so recently that there is no track record on author or book.
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- Hypertext Link
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A location in a document that enables a user to jump to a different location within the same document or another document. Links are identified by highlighted, underlined, or colored text or images.
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- Hypertext Transport Protocol
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HTTP
The protocol that is used to transfer HTML files over the World Wide Web. It defines how messages are formatted and transmitted.
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- Hypertext Transport Protocol Daemon
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HTTPD
A type of information server using the HTTP protocol.
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- Hyphen
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A punctuation mark used to indicate that a word at the end of a line has been divided with the last part appearing on the next line. It is also used to connect words such as “anti-aliasing” ruler or “E-mail
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- Hyphenation
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The process of dividing a word at the end of a line by placing hyphens between syllables to keep lines from exceeding a set length.
The last part of the word appears on the next line. It is used to make all lines of text the same or similar lengths.
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- Hypo
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The name for a fixing bath made from sodium thiosulfate, other chemicals, and water; often used as a synonym for fixing bath.
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- Hz
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Hertz
A term that represents a unit of measurement for frequency.
It is expressed as cycles or oscillations per second.
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