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BC
BC
may stand for:
Before Christ (see
Anno Domini
) : an
abbreviation
used to refer to a
year
before the beginning of the year count that starts with the supposed year of the birth of
Jesus
. Applies to years before AD
1
.
British Columbia
: Province of
Canada
. "
B.C.
" is the
traditional
use, while "
BC
" is the more
modern
, being used as the official
Canada Post
code for mail, and in
domain names
such as
vancouver.
bc
.ca
. It is also part of the province's
ISO 3166-2
code
CA-BC
.
B.C. (comic)
:
syndicated
comic strip
by
Johnny Hart
, which has run since
1958
and features
wisecracking
cavemen
.
Buoyancy compensator
: a piece of
scuba
diving equipment
.
B.C. (computer game) : an as-yet unreleased
computer game
by
Peter Molyneux
.
bc (Unix)
: basic calculator program.
BookCrossing
(
BC
) : releasing books from your shelf into the world.
Boston College
: an institution of
higher education
on the border between
Boston, Massachusetts
and
Newton, Massachusetts
.
Benedictine College
: an institution of
higher education
in
Atchison
,
Kansas
.
Brunswick Corporation
:
stock symbol
for a consumer sporting goods manufacturer traded on the
New York Stock Exchange
.
Boise Cascade
: a manufacturer of paper and pulp products.
the
IATA
code for
Skymark Airlines
based in
Japan
.
Bliss bibliographic classification
: a library cataloguing system.
See also
"BC Powder": name
brand
of
pain reliever
containing
aspirin
,
caffeine
, and salicylamide
[1]
"B.C. powder": can also refer to the light and fluffy
snow
which attracts
skiers
and
snowboarders
to
British Columbia
,
"B/C powder":
powdered
chemicals
in a
fire extinguisher
effective against burning
liquids
(B-rated) and
gases
(C-rated).
BC wheel : the
impossible wheel
, a unicycle, named after the comic strip
B.C.
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