BC 4480 225433329 2008-07-13T17:51:18Z Aaron Solomon Adelman 583027 Removed duplicate. {{wiktionarypar|BC}} {{TOCRight}} <!-- From MoS:DAB - prefer ONE LINK per entry, short descriptions, avoid piping and external links --> '''BC''' or '''B.C.''' may refer to: * [[Before Christ]], from the Latin ''Ante Christum'', an epoch based on the traditionally reckoned year of the conception or birth of Jesus of Nazareth. ====Places==== * [[British Columbia]], Canada's westernmost province * [[Baja California]], a state of Mexico * [[Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania]], United States * [[Basque Country (disambiguation)|Basque Country]], Land of the Basque people * [[Botswana]], World Meteorological Organization country code 'BC' * "[[Bull City]]", a nickname for Durham, North Carolina ====Educational institutions==== * [[Barnard College]], a women's liberal arts college, affiliated with Columbia University, in New York, New York * [[Beloit College]], a small liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin * [[Benedictine College]], an institution of higher education in Atchison, Kansas * [[Blinn College]], a junior college in Brenham, Texas * [[Boston College]], a university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts * [[Brethren Christian Junior/Senior High School]], a Christian High School in Huntington Beach, California * [[Bridgewater College]], a college located in Bridgewater, Virginia * [[Brooklyn College]], a college located in Brooklyn, New York ====Government institutions==== * [[Bureau of Corrections (Philippines)]], an agency of the [[Department of Justice]] of the [[Philippines]], charged with the custody and rehabilitation of national offenders ====Businesses and organizations==== * [[Blue Cross]], a trade association of United States health insurance companies * [[Boise Cascade]], a manufacturer of paper and pulp products * [[Brasseries du Cameroun]], a brewery in Cameroon * [[British Council]], a non-departmental public body and registered charity for cultural relations in the United Kingdom * [[Brooklyn Cyclones]], a minor league professional baseball club * [[Brunswick Corporation]], stock symbol for a consumer sporting goods manufacturer traded on the New York Stock Exchange * [[Skymark Airlines]], IATA airline code 'BC' ====Music==== * [[Basso Continuo]], an accompaniment used in almost all genres of music in the Baroque period * [[BC Recordings]], a record label * [[Body Count]], rapper Ice-T's metal band ====Entertainment==== * [[B.C. (comic strip)]], a syndicated comic strip originated by Johnny Hart * [[Barnabas Collins]], fictional vampire from the ABC soap opera ''Dark Shadows'' * ''[[Border Crossings]]'', a musical radio show that airs on Voice of America * ''[[The Breakfast Club]]'', a teen-oriented dramedy released in the year 1985 * [[BC (video game)]], a canceled computer game by Peter Molyneux * [[Burning Crusade]], an expansion to the online role-playing game ''World of Warcraft'' ====Math and technology==== * [[Backward compatibility]], compatibility of new product with old product * [[bc (Unix)]], "basic calculator" Unix program * [[NZR Bc class]], a steam locomotive classification used by the New Zealand Railways Department * [[Buoyancy compensator]], a piece of scuba diving equipment * [[Ballistic coefficient]], a measure of air drag on a projectile, the ratio of its sectional density to its coefficient of form * [[Base curve radius]], a parameter of a contact lens * [[Boundary condition]], a mathematical restraint on partial differential equations ====Medicine and science==== * Bc, the abbreviation for the orchid genus ''[[Brassocattleya]]'' * [[BC Powder]], brand name of pain reliever * [[Birth control]] * [[Breast cancer]] * [[Board Certification]], as in Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Board Certified (APRN, BC) ====Other==== * [[Bliss bibliographic classification]], a library cataloguing system * [[BookCrossing]], a website which encourages leaving books in public places to be found by others * [[Mountaineering#Base Camp|Base Camp]] in mountaineering {{disambig}} [[cs:BC]] [[da:BC]] [[de:BC]] [[et:BC]] [[fr:BC]] [[ko:BC]] [[it:BC]] [[la:BC (discretiva)]] [[nl:BC]] [[ja:BC]] [[no:BC]] [[pt:BC]] [[ru:BC]] [[simple:BC (disambiguation)]] [[sl:BC]] [[fi:Bc]] [[sv:BC]] [[zh-yue:BC]] [[zh:BC]]