HP may refer to:
Businesses and organisations
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HP Inc., an American technology company
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Hewlett-Packard
The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard ( ) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. HP developed and provided a wide variety of hardware components ...
, the predecessor to HP Inc.
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HP Foods
HP Foods Limited, formerly based in Birmingham, England was best known as the producer of HP, Lea & Perrins, and Daddies sauce brands.BBC Newsbr> Heinz buys HP sauce in £470m deal 20 June 2005. Retrieved on 11 March 2008. It was also the UK l ...
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HP Sauce, formerly made by HP Foods
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Handley Page
Handley Page Limited was a British aerospace manufacturer. Founded by Frederick Handley Page (later Sir Frederick) in 1909, it was the United Kingdom's first publicly traded aircraft manufacturing company. It went into voluntary liquidation a ...
, an aircraft company
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Hindustan Petroleum
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is an Indian oil and gas refining company headquartered in Mumbai. Since 2018, ONGC has owned a majority stake in the company. The company is ranked 367th on the ''Fortune Global 500'' list of t ...
* America West Airlines (1981-2006), an American airline (IATA code HP)
* Amapola Flyg (2004-present), a Swedish airline (IATA code HP)
* HP Books, an imprint of the Penguin Group#Imorints, Penguin Group
Media, music, and entertainment
* ''Harry Potter'', a novel series by J.K. Rowling
* Hello Project, a J-pop idol brand under Japanese music company Up-Front Group
* ''Horse-Power: Ballet Symphony'', a 1932 ballet composed by Carlos Chávez
* Hot Package, a TV show created by Adult Swim
Places
* Harrison Plaza, a shopping mall in the Philippines that closed down in 2019
* Heart Peaks, a volcano in Canada
* Himachal Pradesh, a state in India
* HP postcode area, UK
Science and technology
* Haptoglobin, a protein
* Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, a respiratory inflammation
* Ilford HP photographic film prefix
* High precipitation supercell, a thunderstorm classification
* Horizontal pitch unit, 0.2 inches, used to specify rack-mounted equipment width
* Horsepower, a unit of power
* H/P, hacking/phreaking
* Heat pump, a machine that transfers thermal energy between spaces
Other uses
* Half-pay, former UK pay for military personnel not on active service
* Haltepunkt, German for railway halt
* Harry Pearson (audio critic) (1937–2014), American audio critic
* Hire purchase
* Hit points or health points in video games
* Howiesons Poort, a stone-age technology period in Africa
See also
* HP Garage, museum of Hewlett-Packard's history
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