What Does "HAL" represent in UE4 include File Path

[anonymous_user_b55a8b40]

For example:

Runtime/Core/Public/HAL

What does HAL mean? Surely we are not referring to thee Hal from 2001 A space odyssey.

Thanks

[ExtraLifeMatt]

Hardware Abstraction Layer.

Generally wrappers around platform specific code (graphics APIs, etc).

[anonymous_user_b55a8b40]

@ExtraLifeMatt Thanks.

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[Zhi_Kang_Shao]

HAL Laboratories, they made Super Smash Bros.