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Help is a word meaning to give aid or signal distress.

Help may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

  • Help (2010 film), a Bollywood horror film
  • Help (2021 theatrical film), a British psychological thriller film
  • Help (2021 TV film), a TV film about the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Help! (film), a 1965 film directed by Richard Lester starring The Beatles
  • The Help (film), a 2011 period drama, set in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1963

Television

  • Help (Australian TV series), a documentary series
  • Help (Dutch TV series), a drama series
  • Help (British TV series), a comedy series
  • H.E.L.P., a 1990 American TV drama series
  • The Help (TV series), a 2004 American sitcom
  • Dr. Henry's Emergency Lessons for People, also known as H.E.L.P.!, a 1979 American series of animated public service announcements

Literature

Music

  • Help (band), an American rock band

Computing and technology

  • Help (command), a command in various command-line shells that invokes documentations and helping information
  • Help desk, a point of contact between product users and technical support
  • Online help, documentation that accompanies computer application software
    • Context-sensitive help, a kind of online help that is obtained from a specific point in the state of the software, providing help for the situation that is associated with that state

Other uses

  • Help (dog) (1878–1891), Scotch collie dog used to collect charitable donations
  • Help Remedies, a pharmaceutical company
  • The help, a pejorative term for domestic workers

Acronyms

  • Heat escape lessening position, a way to position oneself to reduce heat loss in cold water
  • Higher Education Loan Programme, an Australian government loan scheme for students
  • Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill Performance, a model developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
  • United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
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