!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([HAL]) is is an [abstraction] layer  ([Application Programming Interface]), implemented in software, between the physical hardware of a computer and the software that runs on that computer which allows hiding differences in hardware from most of the [Operating System] [kernel], so that most of the kernel-mode code does not need to be changed to run on systems with different hardware. !! More Information
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* [#1] - [HAL_(software)|Wikipedia:HAL_(software)|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2019-01-30-