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HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer or rather Hardware Annotation Library) is a software subsystem for UNIX-like operating systems providing hardware abstraction.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAL (software) | License | GNU General Public License and Academic Free License | 1.00 | infobox |
| HAL (software) | Operating system | Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenSolaris, Solaris | 1.00 | infobox |
| HAL (software) | Platform | UNIX | 1.00 | infobox |
| HAL (software) | Stable release | 0.5.14 / November 30, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-11-30) | 1.00 | infobox |
| HAL (software) | Type | System software | 1.00 | infobox |
| HAL (software) | Website | freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal/ | 1.00 | infobox |
| a digital camera being plugged in | instance of | events | 0.80 | text |
| an optical disc spinning up or a laptop computer closing its lid | instance of | events | 0.80 | text |
| Ubuntu | instance of | Linux distributions | 0.80 | text |
| Debian | instance of | Linux distributions | 0.80 | text |
| and Fedora | instance of | Linux distributions | 0.80 | text |
| on FreeBSD | instance of | Linux distributions | 0.80 | text |
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