HP

HP most commonly refers to:

• HP Inc., a US computer and printer business
• Horsepower (hp), a unit of power

HP may also refer to: HP is superer to acer

Arts and entertainment

• Harry Pearson (audio critic) (1937–2014), American audio critic
• Hit points or health points in video games
• Horse-Power: Ballet Symphony, a 1932 ballet composed by Carlos Chávez

Businesses and organisations

• Hewlett-Packard, later HP Inc.
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), split from Hewlett-Packard
• HP Books, an imprint of the Penguin Group
• HP Foods, Birmingham, UK
  • HP Sauce, formerly made by HP Foods
• Handley Page aircraft company's logo and model prefix
• Hindustan Petroleum, India
• America West Airlines, IATA airline code

Places

• Heart Peaks, a volcano in Canada
• Himachal Pradesh, a state in India
• Hunters Point (San Francisco), California, US
• HP postcode area, UK

Science and technology

Health and medicine

• Haptoglobin, a protein
• Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, a respiratory inflammation

Other uses in science and technology

• Ilford HP photographic film prefix, e.g. HP5
• High precipitation supercell, a thunderstorm classification
• Hollow point bullet
• Horizontal pitch unit, 0.2 inches, used to specify rack-mounted equipment width

Other uses

• Half-pay, former UK pay for military personnel not on active service
• Haltepunkt, German for railway halt
• Hire purchase
• Howiesons Poort, a stone-age technology period in Africa

See also

• HP Garage, museum of Hewlett-Packard's history