HEC

HEC or hec may refer to:

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

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
 * Ham Egg and Chips. in food/restaurant
 * 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)
 * Heckington railway station, England; National Rail station code 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