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HAL 9000 was the Artificial Intelligence on the space ship and responsible for killing the crew after going a bit schizophrenic.

Famous for his quote "I'm sorry Dave I can't do that!".

In the film the name was never explained but it has become to be an acronym of "Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer ", tho' some people think it is a jibe at IBM, since if you use the next letter over in the alphabet from IBM you get HAL.

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HAL 9000 stands for Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer .

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Douglas Rain voiced HAL 9000 .

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The 'HAL 9000' computer's name is derived from the term Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer : Hal .

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What was the date the fictional computer HAL 9000 became operational?

The fictional HAL 9000 onboard the fictional Discovery became self-aware on 12th January, 1992. Source: The film script.


Who was HAL 9000?

HAL9000 is of the 9000 computer series ['the most advanced computer in the world...which has never made a mistake'] in the Space Odyssey series of books and films (Kubrick's 1967 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and Peter Hyam's 1984 followup, 2010: The Year We Make Contact, based on the book by Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: Odyssey Two. There are two other books, 2061: Odyssey Three, and 3001: The Final Odyssey, although neither contain HAL9000)Douglas Rain played the voice of HAL in both films.HAL exists as a vast supercomputer on the ship, although for most of both films the only sight of him is through his iconic red camera 'eye'.HAL9000 is the onboard computer on the spacecraft USS Discovery, which in the book/film's 2001 is sent to Jupiter to investigate the appearance of an alien monolith (the existence of which the rest of Discovery's crew are uninformed of). HAL's directives are not to lie or conceal information, but at the same time ensure that the crew are not informed of the real purpose of their mission until they have reached Jupiter. This creates a paradox, causing HAL to become schizophrenic. He lies about a nonexistent failure in the antenna, AE35, and Frank and Dave, two of the crew, become worried and plan to shut HAL down. HAL, however, eavesdrops on their conversation and doesn't like the idea of shutting down...it would mean failure of his mission objective. HAL kills off all of the crew except for Dave, who survives long enough to shut down HAL.[notable scenes in the film pertaining to this are where Dave begs HAL to open the pod bay doors to allow him to reenter the ship, and where Dave shuts down HAL, he sings the song 'Daisy Bell' as he shuts down.]HAL is revived in 2010, when the crew of Leonov recover the Discovery, which was floating unmanned in space [the fate of Dave is irrelevant to the question]. HAL has lost his memory of the events of 2001, [and as such does not encounter a paradox and remains docile] and guides the Discovery around Jupiter to assess the monolith and events on Jupiter, as per his mission objective.HAL9000 is killed when the Discovery is torn apart by the destruction of Jupiter at the end of 2010.He is survived by at least three identical 9000 computers on Earth, one of which is SAL9000.


What is the birth name of Hal Baylor?

Hal Baylor's birth name is Hal Brittan.


What is the birth name of Hal Havins?

Hal Havins's birth name is Hal Roth Havins.


What is the birth name of Hal Needham?

Hal Needham's birth name is Hal Brett Needham.

Related questions

What movie featured an intelligent computer called HAL 9000?

2001: A Space Odyssey


In 2001 A Space Odyssey Hal is the name of what?

a computer


Who is HAL's programmer in "2001: Space Odyssey"?

Dr. Chandra


What is Hal's model number in space odyssey 2001?

9000


What is the name of the ship's computer in 2001 A Space Odyssey?

HAL .


Who is Hal's programmer in 2001 a space odyssey?

Doctor Sivasubramanian Chandrasegarampillai (Dr.Chandra) .


Is the HAL 9000 real?

No. HAL 9000 is a fictitous computer series from the movie and book 2001: A Space Odyssey.


Who is HAL's progammer in 2001 a space odyssey?

Dr. Chandra (Doctor Sivasubramanian Chandrasegarampillai) .


Who is HAL's programer in 2001 A Space Odyssey?

Dr. Chandra (Doctor Sivasubramanian Chandrasegarampillai) .


Who is hal's programmer in 2001: a space odyssey?

Dr. Chandra (Doctor Sivasubramanian Chandrasegarampillai) .


Who is HAL programmer in 2001 a space of odyssey?

Dr. Chandra (Doctor Sivasubramanian Chandrasegarampillai ) .


2001 a space Odyssey did Hal commit murder?

Yes , the HAL 9000 computer did murder the crew of the spaceship Discovery .