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Hitachi

Hitachi, Ltd. (株式会社日立製作所) is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, founded in 1910 by Namihei Odaira as a mining machinery repair shop in Ibaraki Prefecture.

Hitachi Construction Machinery

Hitachi Construction Machinery is a Japanese construction machinery maker headquartered in Tokyo. Established in 1970, it produces hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, and mining equipment worldwide.

Hitachi Energy

Hitachi Energy is a Swiss power technology company, Hitachi Group's energy arm, formed from ABB's Power Grids business in 2020 and a leader in HVDC transmission.

Hitachi Energy India

Hitachi Energy India Limited is the Indian arm of the Swiss-based Hitachi Energy group, manufacturing transformers and HVDC transmission equipment from operations in India since 1949.

Hitachi High-Tech

Hitachi High-Tech Corporation (株式会社日立ハイテク) is a Tokyo-based Japanese manufacturer of semiconductor metrology and inspection equipment, analytical instruments, and electron microscopes. Formed in 2001, it holds roughly 70% of the global CD-SEM market.

Hitachi LNG Terminal

Hitachi LNG Terminal is an LNG receiving and regasification terminal in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by Tokyo Gas and its first LNG base outside Tokyo Bay, operating since 2016.

Hitachi Lumada

Hitachi Lumada is Hitachi's Internet of Things and digital innovation platform, launched in May 2016 to combine manufacturing operational technology with IT such as AI and big data analysis.

Hitachi Magic Wand

The Hitachi Magic Wand, now sold as the Magic Wand, is a corded electric massager introduced by Hitachi in 1968 and widely known as a vibrator.

Hitachi Rail

Hitachi Rail is the railway business of Japan's Hitachi, Ltd., an integrated supplier of rolling stock, signaling, and maintenance with over 24,000 employees in more than 50 countries.

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) is a family of enterprise storage systems sold by Hitachi Vantara, first released in 2010 and since evolved through the NVMe-based VSP 5000 series.

Hitachi Zosen

Hitachi Zosen was a Japanese engineering company in Osaka, begun as Osaka Iron Works in 1881, known for shipbuilding and waste-to-energy plants, and renamed Kanadevia in 2024.

Hitachinaka power station

Hitachinaka power station is a coal-fired power plant at Hitachinaka Port in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, with 2,000 MW from TEPCO units plus a 650 MW JERA unit.

HitchBOT

HitchBOT was a Canadian hitchhiking robot created in 2013 by Frauke Zeller and David Harris Smith as a social experiment, crossing Canada in 2014 before being destroyed in Philadelphia in 2015.

Hitchhiking

Hitchhiking, also called thumbing a lift, is the practice of soliciting a free ride from a stranger at the roadside; it peaked culturally in America from 1968 to 1975.

HITEC City

HITEC City, short for Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy City, is a major IT park in western Hyderabad, India, inaugurated in 1998 and anchored by Cyber Towers.

Hitec salt

Hitec salt, sold under the trademarked name Hitec, is a molten mixture of potassium nitrate, sodium nitrite, and sodium nitrate used for heat transfer, developed by DuPont in 1938.

Hiten (ひてん) (spacecraft)

Hiten (ひてん), pre-launch name MUSES-A, was a Japanese ISAS spacecraft launched in January 1990 as Japan's first lunar mission, ending with a controlled impact on the Moon in April 1993.

Hithium Energy Storage

Hithium Energy Storage, or 海辰储能, is a Chinese manufacturer of lithium iron phosphate battery cells and storage systems, founded in 2019 in Xiamen by Wu Zuyu.

Hitoshi Kuninaka

Hitoshi Kuninaka is a Japanese aerospace engineer at JAXA's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science who invented the ion engines powering the Hayabusa and Hayabusa2 asteroid sample-return missions.

Hitscan

Hitscan is a shooter game mechanic that resolves a shot instantly by casting an invisible ray from the weapon, first used in Wolfenstein 3D in 1992.

Hive AI

Hive AI, legally Castle Global Inc., is a San Francisco company selling AI moderation APIs for text, images, video, and audio, valued at $2 billion in 2021.

Hive Metastore

Hive Metastore (HMS): Apache Hive's metadata service storing table, partition, and location metadata in an RDBMS, served via Thrift (port 9083) to Spark, Trino, and other engines; standalone since Hive 3.0, with an Iceberg REST endpoint since 4.1.0.

Hivernacle

Hivernacle: the 1883–1887 cast-iron and glass greenhouse in Barcelona's Parc de la Ciutadella, built by Josep Amargós i Samaranch for the 1888 Universal Exposition, restored and reopened December 2023, now part of the Natural Sciences Museum.

HK 4.6×30mm

The HK 4.6×30mm, or Heckler & Koch 4.6×30mm, is a small-caliber, high-velocity bottlenecked cartridge developed by Heckler & Koch in 1999 for the MP7 personal defense weapon, designed to penetrate body armor.

HK Electric Investments

HK Electric Investments is a Hong Kong-listed investment trust holding The Hongkong Electric Company, the utility supplying electricity to Hong Kong Island, Ap Lei Chau, and Lamma.

HK Express

HK Express, also known as Hong Kong Express Airways, is a Hong Kong low-cost airline serving over 30 Asian cities from its hub at Hong Kong International Airport.

HK Systems

HK Systems was a North American supplier of warehouse automation equipment and logistics software, headquartered in New Berlin, Wisconsin, and acquired by Dematic Group in 2010.

HKE (power utility)

The Hongkong Electric Company, also known as HK Electric, is one of Hong Kong's two investor-owned power companies, serving Hong Kong Island, Ap Lei Chau, and Lamma since 1890.

HKMG

HKMG (high-κ metal gate) is a transistor technology replacing silicon dioxide gates with a hafnium oxide dielectric and metal electrodes, first used by Intel at 45 nm in 2007.

HKN Energy Ltd

HKN Energy Ltd is a private oil and gas exploration and production company, incorporated in the Cayman Islands, that operates the Sarsang and Atrush blocks in Iraqi Kurdistan.