UBC
Encyclopedia
Universities
- University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
, a major Canadian university with its main campus in Greater Vancouver - UBC OkanaganUBC OkanaganThe University of British Columbia Okanagan is a campus of the University of British Columbia, located in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. The official name for the campus is simply UBC's Okanagan Campus, although it is frequently called 'UBCO.'...
, the campus in Kelowna, British Columbia - UBC ThunderbirdsUBC ThunderbirdsThe UBC Thunderbirds are the athletic teams that represent the University of British Columbia in the University Endowment Lands just outside the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They are one of the most successful teams in the CIS, though a few of their teams are members of the U.S...
, the athletic program of the main campus
Athletics
- Union Boat ClubUnion Boat ClubThe Union Boat Club , founded in 1851, is a private social club and athletic club in Boston. It is the longest continuously operating rowing club in Boston...
, a rowing and sports club in Boston, Massachusetts - United Basketball ConferenceUnited Basketball ConferenceThe United Basketball Conference was a scheduling alliance of NCAA Division I basketball independents which began play in January 2007. Its members were:*University of Texas-Pan American *Utah Valley University...
, a college basketball scheduling alliance - University Barge ClubUniversity Barge ClubUniversity Barge Club of Philadelphia is an amateur rowing club located at #7 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark...
, an amateur rowing club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Businesses
- Unclaimed Baggage CenterUnclaimed Baggage CenterThe Unclaimed Baggage Center is a retail store located in Scottsboro in Jackson County, Alabama. The store's concept of reselling of lost or unclaimed airline luggage...
, a retail store in Scottsboro, Alabama - Union Bank of CaliforniaUnion Bank of CaliforniaUnion Bank, N.A., formerly known as Union Bank of California, N.A., is a full-service commercial bank providing an array of financial services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, and major corporations...
, in the United States - Union Banking CorporationUnion Banking CorporationThe Union Banking Corporation was a banking corporation in the US whose assets were seized by the United States government during World War II under the Trading with the Enemy Act and Executive Order No. 9095. According to an Oct...
, a former banking corporation in the United States
Broadcasting
- UBC Media GroupUBC Media GroupUBC Media Group is an independent supplier of services to the radio industry. It provides content to BBC and commercial stations, as well as private clients...
, a radio services company in London, UK - Uganda Broadcasting CorporationUganda Broadcasting CorporationUganda Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster of Uganda. It was founded as a result of the "Uganda Broadcasting Corporation Act, 2004", which merged the operations of Uganda Television and Radio Uganda...
, the state broadcast - Ulsan Broadcasting Corporation, a television station in UlsanUlsanUlsan , officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh largest metropolis with a population of over 1.1 million. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring Busan to the south and facing Gyeongju to the north and the Sea of Japan to the east.Ulsan is the...
, South Korea - United Broadcasting CompanyUnited Broadcasting CompanyUnited Broadcasting Company was a West Coast radio network based in Los Angeles, California which began on November 5, 1930. UBC was known as The Silver Network. Louis L. Davis was Chairman. UBC had 9 affiliate stations including KFWB in Hollywood, California. On February 26, 1931 UBC announced it...
, UBC was a US radio network - United Broadcasting Corporation, a cable television company in Thailand
- Uncorrectable Block Count, number of blocks that can't be corrected with an Error Correction algorithm
- UBC, a fictional network in the film The Barefoot ExecutiveThe Barefoot ExecutiveThe Barefoot Executive is a live-action Disney film released by Buena Vista Distribution in 1971 starring Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Wally Cox, Heather North and John Ritter , about a pet chimpanzee, named Raffles, who can predict the popularity of television programs...
Science and technology
- Ubiquitin CUbiquitin CUbiquitin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the UBC gene.-Interactions:Ubiquitin C has been shown to interact with SCNN1A, SCNN1G, Parkin , P70-S6 Kinase 1, TRAF6, HDAC3, SFPQ, S100A10, Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 3, NOTCH1, HIF1A, Epidermal growth factor receptor, E2F1,...
, a human gene - UbiquitinUbiquitinUbiquitin is a small regulatory protein that has been found in almost all tissues of eukaryotic organisms. Among other functions, it directs protein recycling.Ubiquitin can be attached to proteins and label them for destruction...
-conjugating enzyme - Unified Buffer Cache, a virtual memoryVirtual memoryIn computing, virtual memory is a memory management technique developed for multitasking kernels. This technique virtualizes a computer architecture's various forms of computer data storage , allowing a program to be designed as though there is only one kind of memory, "virtual" memory, which...
system that unifies caching for memory mapping and file system I/O system calls - Ultra Bright ColourUltra Bright ColourAn Ultra-bright colour is a type of mobile phone display. It is used in many Sony Ericsson low end camera mobiles. Generally it is included with 65K colour display....
, a mobile phone display technology
Other uses
- Unified Braille Code, an English Braille code
- Uniform Building CodeUniform Building CodeThe Uniform Building Code was a building code used primarily in the western United States.- History :The UBC was first published in 1927 by the International Council of Building Officials...
, a model building code - United Baptist Convention, a generic term for certain ministries in the United Baptist tradition
- Used beverage containers, such as aluminum cans suitable for recycling
- University Baptist Church (disambiguation)