HEC

HEC or hec may refer to:

Businesses and organizations

• Hautes Études Commerciales (disambiguation), French-language business schools
• Higher Education Commission (disambiguation)
• Hongkong Electric Company
• Hotel Ezra Cornell, a student-run hospitality leadership conference
• Hydro Tasmania (formerly Hydro-Electric Commission)
• Hyundai Engineering (HEC), a Korean firm founded in 1974

Science, technology and mathematics

Computing and communications

• 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

Medicine

• HEC syndrome, a condition
• Highly emetogenic chemotherapy, in oncology
• Human equivalent concentration
• Hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp, a test of insulin resistance

Other uses in science and mathematics

• Habitable Exoplanets Catalog, in astronomy
• Hyperelliptic curve, in algebraic geometry
• Hydroxyethyl cellulose, a thickening agent
• HEC-meeting, the Heart of Europe Bio-Crystallography Meeting

Other uses

• the title character of Hec Ramsey, a television Western (1972–1974)
• Ham, egg and chips, in cuisine
• Heckington railway station, England; National Rail station code HEC

People with the hypocorism Hec

Sportspeople

• Hec Crighton (fl. 1952–1986), Canadian gridiron football coach
• Hec Cyre (1901–1971), Canadian gridiron football player
• Hec Davidson (1908–1976), Australian-rules footballer
• 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 gridiron football player
• Hec Gervais (1934–1997), Canadian curler
• Hec Highton (1923–1985), Canadian NHL ice hockey player
• Hector Hogan (1931-1960), Australian sprinter
• Hec Kilrea (1907–1969), Canadian NHL ice hockey player
• Hec Lalande (1934–2010), Canadian NHL ice hockey player
• Hector Lépine (1897-1951), Canadian NHL ice hockey player
• Hec McKay (fl. 1904–1935), Australian-rules footballer
• Hec Oakley (1909–1998), Australian cricketer
• Hector Pothier (born 1954), Canadian gridiron footballer
• Hec Yeomans (1895-1968), Australian-rules footballer

Other people

• Hec Clouthier (born 1949), Canadian politician
• Hector Waller (1900-1942), Australian naval officer