H

Hardware

The term hardware covers all material components of a data processing system, i.e. computer, printer, monitor and all individual components contained therein such as hard disk and processors. (Linked page in German.)

Hashtag

The term "hashtag" is composed of "hash" (for hash or #) and tag (for label). The term hashtag is used in connection with Twitter messages and refers to the labeling of individual messages so that they can be assigned to specific topics or events (Nentwich et al., 2009); for example, tweeds with the hashtag #eteachingorg are assigned to the e-teaching.org portal. (Linked page in German.) 

Hochschulforum Digitalisierung

The Higher Education Forum on Digitisation (HFD) is a publicly funded think tank dealing with higher education in the digital age. It is a project of the Donors' Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities in Germany, the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE) and the German Rectors' Conference (HRK). The HFD sees itself as a network for university teachers, university staff and students for the exchange and development of competence in the field of digital teaching and learning across disciplines and universities.

Hyperlink

Hyperlinks allow references to other places in hypertext. By clicking on hyperlinks, the user can access other pages or documents. In the WWW, links play an important role because they enable the non-linear reception characteristic of the Internet - so-called "surfing". Hyperlinks usually stand out from the general text by their colour and underscore. Graphics and images can also represent links. (Linked page in German.)