title: HEC
text: # HEC
  
  HEC or hec may refer to:
  
  ## Math and science
  
  * Habitable Exoplanets Catalog
  * HEC syndrome, a medical condition characterized by hydrocephalus, endocardial fibroelastosis and cataracts
  * Highly emetogenic chemotherapy, a term for chemotherapy drugs associated with a high incidence of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
  * Hyperelliptic curve, a particular type of algebraic curve
  * Hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp, a test to measure insulin resistance
  * Hydroxyethyl cellulose, a gelling and thickening agent derived from cellulose
  
  ## Organizations
  
  * Hautes Études Commerciales (disambiguation), French language business schools in Francophone countries
  * Higher Education Commission (disambiguation)
  * Hongkong Electric Company
  * Hotel Ezra Cornell, Cornell Hotel School student-run Hospitality Leadership Conference
  * Hydro Tasmania, previously known as the Hydro-Electric Commission
  * Hyundai Engineering (HEC), a Korean firm founded in 1974
  
  ## People
  
  ### Nickname
  
  * Hec Clouthier (born 1949), Canadian Member of Parliament
  * Hec Crighton (fl. 1952–1986), Canadian Hall-of-Fame high school football coach
  * Hec Cyre (1901–1971), Canadian-born National Football League player
  * Hector Dyer (1910-1990), American sprinter
  * Hec Edmundson (1886–1964), American basketball coach
  * Hec Fowler (1892–1987), Canadian ice hockey player
  * Art Garvey (1900-1973), American National Football League player
  * Hec Gervais (1934–1997), Canadian curler
  * Hec Highton (1923–1985), Canadian National Hockey League player
  * Hector Hogan (1931-1960), Australian sprinter
  * Hec Kilrea (1907–1969), Canadian National Hockey League player
  * Hec Lalande (1934–2010), Canadian National Hockey League player
  * Hector Lépine (1897-1951), Canadian National Hockey League player
  * Hector Pothier (born 1954), former Canadian Football League player
  * Hector Waller (1900-1942), Royal Australian Navy captain
  * Hec Yeomans (1895-1968), Australian rules footballer
  
  ### Given name (presumed)
  
  * Hec Davidson (1908–1976), former Australian rules footballer
  * Hec McKay (fl. 1904–1935), Australian rules footballer
  * Hec Oakley (1909–1998), Australian cricketer
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Hollerith Electronic Computer, Britain's first mass-produced business computer
  * Header Error Control, a method used in some telecommunication protocols
  * HDMI Ethernet Channel, technology that consolidates video, audio and data streams into a single HDMI cable
  * the title character of Hec Ramsey, a television Western (1972–1974)
  * Heckington railway station, England; National Rail station code HEC
  * HEC-meeting, the Heart of Europe Bio-Crystallography Meeting
  * Human equivalent concentration
  