BC
Encyclopedia
BC or B.C. may refer to:
- Before Christ, an epoch used in dating years prior to the estimated birth of Jesus
Geography
- Baja CaliforniaBaja CaliforniaBaja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...
, a state in Mexico - Bell CentreBell CentreThe Bell Centre , formerly known as the Molson Centre , is a sports and entertainment complex in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It opened on March 16, 1996 after nearly three years under construction...
, an arena in Montreal, Quebec, Canada - British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, a province in Canada - BotswanaBotswanaBotswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
's WMO country code and FIPS 10-4 code - Basque Country, a nation between Spain and France
Schools
- Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield CollegeBakersfield College is a public community college located in Bakersfield, California, USA. Bakersfield College has an official Twitter account at @bcrenegades and an official...
, a college in Bakersfield, California - Bergen Catholic High SchoolBergen Catholic High SchoolBergen Catholic High School is an all-male Roman Catholic high school in Oradell, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade...
, a high school in Oradell, New Jersey - Benedictine Military SchoolBenedictine Military SchoolBenedictine Military School is a Benedictine, military, all-male high school located in Savannah, Georgia, United States...
, a high school in Savannah, Georgia - Boston CollegeBoston CollegeBoston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...
, a university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts - Brazosport CollegeBrazosport CollegeBrazosport College, or BC, is a public, coeducational college located in Lake Jackson, Texas. The college was opened in 1968, and offers two-year and four-year degrees...
, a college in Lake Jackson, Texas - Boulder Creek High SchoolBoulder Creek High SchoolBoulder Creek High School is a high school in Anthem, Arizona. It was constructed in the early 2000s opened in the fall of 2004. North Valley Regional Library, a branch of the Maricopa County Library District, is integrated into the school and serves as the school's library. The school has of...
, a high school in Anthem, Arizona
Businesses and organizations
- Bella CenterBella CenterBella Center is Scandinavia's largest exhibition and conference center, located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Located in Ørestad between the city centre and Copenhagen Airport, it offers an indoor area of 121.800 m² and has a capacity of 20,000 peopleAmong the larger annual events are the Copenhagen...
, a conference center in Copenhagen, Denmark - Brasseries du CamerounBrasseries du CamerounLes Sociétés Anonymes des Brasseries du Cameroun is a brewing company in Cameroon. Their offices and main factory are in Douala, with other breweries in Bafoussam, Douala, Garoua, and Yaoundé. Les Brasseries et Glaceries d'Indochine owns a 75% share in the company, and Heineken owns 8.8%...
, a brewery in Cameroon - Brunswick CorporationBrunswick CorporationThe Brunswick Corporation , formerly known as the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, is a United States-based corporation that has been involved in manufacturing a wide variety of products since 1845. Brunswick's global headquarters is in the northern Chicago suburb of Lake Forest, Illinois...
's NYSE ticker symbol - British CouncilBritish CouncilThe British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...
Science and technology
- bc programming languageBc programming languagebc, for bench calculator, is "an arbitrary precision calculator language" with syntax similar to the C programming language. bc is typically used as either a mathematical scripting language or as an interactive mathematical shell....
, an arbitrary-precision calculator language - Ballistic coefficientBallistic coefficientIn ballistics, the ballistic coefficient of a body is a measure of its ability to overcome air resistance in flight. It is inversely proportional to the negative acceleration—a high number indicates a low negative acceleration. BC is a function of mass, diameter, and drag coefficient...
, a measure of air drag on a projectile - Base curve radiusBase curve radiusBase curve radius or simply base curve, abbreviated BCR or BC, is the measure of one important parameter of a lens in optometry. On a spectacle lens, it is the flatter curvature of the front surface and on a contact lens it is the curvature of the back surface. Typical values for a contact lens are...
, a parameter of a contact lens - Battle commandBattle commandBattle command is the art and science of visualizing, describing, directing, and leading forces in operations against a hostile, thinking, and adaptive enemy. Battle command applies leadership to translate decision into actions, by synchronizing forces and warfighting functions in time, space, and...
, a military process - Bayonet cap, a standard light bulb connection
- Black carbonBlack carbonIn Climatology, black carbon or BC is a climate forcing agent formed through the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biofuel, and biomass, and is emitted in both anthropogenic and naturally occurring soot. It consists of pure carbon in several linked forms...
, a carbonaceous component of soot - Buoyancy compensator (diving), a piece of scuba diving equipment
- Birth control pill
Transportation
- Belaruskaja Čyhunka, the national railway company of Belarus
- NZR BC classNZR Bc classThe BC class comprised a single steam locomotive that operated on New Zealand's national rail network. Built for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway and classified simply as No...
, a steam locomotive classification of the New Zealand Railways Department - Skymark AirlinesSkymark Airlinesis a low-cost airline headquartered at Tokyo International Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, operating scheduled passenger services within Japan...
' IATA airline code
Other uses
- B.C. (comic strip)B.C. (comic strip)B.C. is a daily American comic strip created by cartoonist Johnny Hart. Set in prehistoric times, it features a group of cavemen and anthropomorphic animals from various geologic eras...
, a comic strip by Johnny Hart, and the name of one of its characters - BC PowderBC PowderBC Powder is an over-the-counter analgesic pain reliever owned by GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals and manufactured in Memphis, TN. It was conceived at the Five Points Drug Company in Durham, NC, in 1906, by Germain Bernard and C.T. Council, who took the initials of their last names to create the...
, a brand of pain reliever - Bachelor's degreeBachelor's degreeA bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
or bc in the Netherlands - Basilian Chouerite OrderBasilian Chouerite OrderThe Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist is a religious order of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. The Latin name of this order is Ordo Basilianus Sancti Iohannis Baptistae, the French name is Ordre Basilien Chouerite de St...
, a religious order - Bliss bibliographic classificationBliss bibliographic classificationThe Bliss bibliographic classification is a library classification system that was created by Henry E. Bliss , published in four volumes between 1940 and 1953. Although originally devised in the United States, it was more commonly adopted by British libraries than by American ones...
, a library cataloguing system - BookCrossingBookCrossingBookCrossing is defined as "the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise." The term is derived from bookcrossing.com, a free online book club which began in order to encourage the practice, aiming to "make the whole world a library."The...
, a website that encourages leaving books in public places to be found by others - Borough Council, a class of second tier council in the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
- BrassocattleyaBrassocattleyaBrassocattleya or Brasso-cattleya, abbreviated Bc. in the horticultural trade, is an intergeneric orchid hybrid including the genera Brassavola and Cattleya....
or Bc, an orchid genus - Bureau of Corrections (Philippines)Bureau of Corrections (Philippines)The Bureau of Corrections is an agency of the Department of Justice which is charged with the custody and rehabilitation of national offenders, who have been sentenced to three years of imprisonment or more...
, an agency of the Department of Justice of the Philippines - World of Warcraft: The Burning CrusadeWorld of Warcraft: The Burning CrusadeWorld of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, often referred to as TBC or BC, is the first expansion pack for the MMORPG World of Warcraft...
- Battlecruiser, a unit in Starcraft IIStarCraft IIStarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and released by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. A sequel to the award-winning 1998 video game StarCraft and its expansions, the game was released worldwide on July 27, 2010...
See also
- Blind carbon copyBlind Carbon CopyIn the context of correspondence, blind carbon copy refers to the practice of sending a message to multiple recipients in such a way that conceals the fact that there may be additional addressees from the complete list of recipients...
(Bcc:), the practice of sending an e-mail to multiple recipients without disclosing the complete list of recipients