HDMI stands for 

High Definition Multimedia Interface and is the most frequently

used HD signal for transferring both high definition audio and video over a single
cable.
It is used both in the commercial AV sector and is the most used cable in homes
connecting devices such as digital TV, DVD player, BluRay player, Xbox, Playstation
and AppleTV with the television.
More and more home AV devices are being connected using this simple, effective
cable, but now HDMI is also featuring on laptops and PCs and therefore becoming the
standard for the corporate and commercial markets – for education, presentation,
digital signage and retail display to transmit high quality audio video siganls from
device to device.