A hardware abstraction layer (HAL) is an abstraction layer, implemented in software, between the physical hardware of a computer and the software that runs on that computer.

Hardware abstractions are sets of routines in software that emulate some platform-specific details, giving programs direct access to the hardware resources.

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The Windows NT hardware abstraction layer (HAL) refers to a layer of software that deals directly with your computer hardware. Because the HAL operates at a level between the ...

There is a bit of discussion on Planet Debian on dbus and HAL and how to handle the daemon restarting. Basically, our "hardware abstraction" layer is actually more like a policy ...