Dictionary - Definition of HCF

Specialty Definition: HCF

Domain	Definition
Computing	HCF /H-C-F/ n. Mnemonic for `Halt and Catch Fire', any of several undocumented and semi-mythical machine instructions with destructive side-effects, supposedly included for test purposes on several well-known architectures going as far back as the IBM 360. The MC6800 microprocessor was the first for which an HCF opcode became widely known. This instruction caused the processor to toggle a subset of the bus lines as rapidly as it could; in some configurations this could actually cause lines to burn up. Compare killer poke. Source: Jargon File.
Business	Health Care Finder. (references)
Environment	1: Hot crud filter. (references)
	2: Hot Cell Facility (at SNL/NM). (references)
Technology	High Cycle Fatigue. (references)
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Specialty Expressions: HCF

Expressions	Domain	Definition
HCF (Health Care Finder)	Health	An employee of the Managed Care Support Contractor (Sierra in Region 1), who assists patients in obtaining required tests or specialty care appointments. (references)
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HCF may refer to:

Highest common factor in mathematics, also known as Greatest common divisor
Hellenic Cycling Federation, a sports governing body in Greece
House Conservatives Fund, a political action committee supporting conservative candidates for the United States Congress
Halt and Catch Fire, in computing, a semi-mythical machine code mnemonic
Hybrid Coordination Function, in computing, the hybrid of Distributed Coordination Function and Point Coordination Function
Hispanic College Fund, a scholarship fund for students of Hispanic origin
Hacienda Christian Fellowship, a Christian church located in the city of La Puente, Ca
Hundred cubic feet, a unit of measure of water volume, usually encountered in water metering and billing, equivalent to 748 gallons
HCF Health Insurance, an Australian private health insurer

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "HCF". Image Credit.

Topics by Level of Interest: HCF
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HCF Health Insurance	5	HCF	3
HCF	3	HCF Health Insurance	5
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