UK Business Jargon - Letter H

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Hard disk

A disk that is the main storage unit of a computer and is used to store its permanent memory even when the computer itself is switched off.

Hazard

A hazard is anything that has the potential to cause harm to people eg chemicals, electricity, working with ladders.

Hazardous substances

Hazardous substances are substances used directly in work activities eg adhesives, paints, cleaning agents, substances generated during work eg fumes from soldering, naturally occurring substances eg grain dust, and biological agents eg bacteria.

Health & Safety Executive (HSE)

HSE is the enforcement and advisory body to the HSC. It is responsible for providing information and advice conducting inspections and enforcing health and safety law, conducting research, and drafting new and revised legislation and approved codes of practice.

Health and Safety Commission (HSC)

The HSC is responsible for providing information and advice sponsoring and conducting research submitting proposals for new and revised legislation.

Hire purchase

A contract to hire goods for a specified period and at a fixed cost. If you pay all the instalments over the agreed period, the goods become your property. However, you may return the goods during the specified period, and not be held responsible for paying any future instalments.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)

UK government department with responsibility for collecting VAT and other taxes and Customs duties. It's also charged with trying to stop illegal imports of drugs, alcohol and tobacco smuggling and preventing VAT and duties fraud.

Home page

The first page you see when you go to a website. First impressions are vital; visitors make up their minds within five seconds whether to progress further into your website.

Hotspot

Any location where Wi-Fi network access (usually Internet access) is made publicly available. Hotspots can often be found in airports, hotels, coffee shops, and other places where business people tend to meet. They enable a user with a laptop equipped for Wi-Fi to contact a local hotspot and get connected through its network to reach the Internet.

HTML

Hypertext Mark-up Language is the computer language in which web pages are written. This language tells visitors' computers how to draw the page on their screen when they connect to your website.

Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)

HTTP is the standard way of transferring information across the Internet and the world wide web. It supports a variety of different media and file formats, across a variety of platforms, and is invisible to the user.

Hyperlink

One click short cuts to navigate your way round the web or within a website. Links tie the web together and usually take the form of highlighted images or underlined words. Your cursor will mostly change into a pointing finger icon as it passes over a link.

 

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