HPN

HPN is an acronym that can refer to several things depending on the field. In aviation, HPN is the IATA code for Westchester County Airport, located in White Plains, New York, a public airport serving the New York metropolitan area. In computing and networking, HPN commonly stands for high-performance networking, a broad term for networks designed to maximize bandwidth and minimize latency, including research networks and data center interconnects. In this sense, it is used in discussions of advanced interconnects, software-defined networks, and wide-area data transfer. In healthcare and insurance, HPN can denote a health plan network or health provider network, that is, the group of hospitals, clinics, and clinicians contracted to serve members of a specific health plan. The exact terminology varies by insurer and region, but networks influence access to care and cost-sharing. Other uses: HPN may appear as an acronym for organization names, project titles, or product lines, and its meaning is highly context-specific. Because HPN spans transportation, technology, and health sectors, readers should rely on surrounding text to determine the intended sense.