2006-10-03 00:52:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
HAL 9000 (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) is a fictional computer/character in the Space Odyssey series, the first being the novel and film 2001: A Space Odyssey. HAL is an artificial intelligence, the sentient on-board computer of the spaceship Discovery that eventually runs insane.
HAL 9000 was the brain and "central nervous system" of the discovery. Watch this flash movie for further explanation: http://www.kubrick2001.com/
2006-10-03 01:55:01 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
HAL--Heuristically-programmed Algorithmic Computer (computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey)
2006-10-03 00:58:44 · answer #2 · answered by jsweit8573 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hal
2006-10-03 00:53:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hal
2006-10-03 00:53:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hal 2000
2006-10-03 01:01:40 · answer #5 · answered by matthew g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it was HAL - which I think was actually an acronym for something else.
2006-10-03 00:53:50 · answer #6 · answered by Fun and Games 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
H.A.L. 9000
Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer.
Why did they name it HAL in the movie?
One letter off from IBM...HAL...get it?
2006-10-03 00:59:33 · answer #7 · answered by timc_fla 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hal the evil computer hahahaa
2006-10-03 00:53:44 · answer #8 · answered by rhodes727 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HAL , open the door . I'm sorry Dave , I cannot do that .
2006-10-03 01:26:48 · answer #9 · answered by rocknrod04 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hal
2006-10-03 00:53:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋