# BC

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'''BC''' most often refers to:

* [Before Christ](/source/Before_Christ), a calendar era based on the traditionally reckoned year of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth
* [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), the westernmost province of Canada

'''BC''' may also refer to:

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== Arts and entertainment ==
* [''B.C.'' (comic strip)](/source/B.C._(comic_strip)), by Johnny Hart, also the title character
* [''BC'' (video game)](/source/BC_(video_game)), a cancelled game from Lionhead Studios
* ''[BC: The Archaeology of the Bible Lands](/source/BC%3A_The_Archaeology_of_the_Bible_Lands)'', a BBC television series
* "B.C.", a song from the 1974 album ''[Propaganda](/source/Propaganda_(Sparks_album))'' by Sparks
* ''[Black Clover](/source/Black_Clover)'', a Japanese manga and anime series
* [Bullet Club](/source/Bullet_Club), a professional wrestling stable

== Businesses and organizations ==
* [Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist](/source/Basilian_Chouerite_Order_of_Saint_John_the_Baptist), an order of the Greek Catholic Church
* [BC Card](/source/BC_Card), a Korean credit card company
* [Bella Center](/source/Bella_Center), a conference center in Copenhagen, Denmark
* [Brasseries du Cameroun](/source/Brasseries_du_Cameroun), a brewery in Cameroon (also known as ''SABC'')
* [Brunswick Corporation](/source/Brunswick_Corporation) (NYSE ticker symbol BC)

== Education ==
=== United States ===
* [Bakersfield College](/source/Bakersfield_College), Bakersfield, California
* [Bellevue College](/source/Bellevue_College), Bellevue, Washington
* [Benedictine College](/source/Benedictine_College), Atchison, Kansas
* [Benedictine Military School](/source/Benedictine_Military_School), a high school in Savannah, Georgia
* [Bergen Catholic High School](/source/Bergen_Catholic_High_School), Oradell, New Jersey
* [Boston College](/source/Boston_College), a university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
** [Boston College Eagles](/source/Boston_College_Eagles), its athletic teams
* [Brazosport College](/source/Brazosport_College), Lake Jackson, Texas
* [Broward College](/source/Broward_College), Fort Lauderdale, Florida
* [Brooklyn College](/source/Brooklyn_College), Brooklyn, New York

=== Elsewhere ===
* ''Baccalaureus'' or bc, a [Bachelor's degree](/source/Bachelor's_degree) in the Netherlands
* [Baghdad College](/source/Baghdad_College), a high school in Baghdad, Iraq
* [British Council](/source/British_Council)

== Science and technology ==
* [Backcrossing](/source/Backcrossing), a crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents, or a genetically similar individual
* [Backward compatibility](/source/Backward_compatibility), the ability of new software to work similarly to its predecessor
* [Baden culture](/source/Baden_culture), an archaeological culture in Europe
* [Ballistic coefficient](/source/Ballistic_coefficient), a measure of air drag on a projectile
* [Base curve radius](/source/Base_curve_radius), a parameter of a contact lens
* [Battle command](/source/Battle_command), a military discipline
* [Bayonet cap](/source/Bayonet_cap), a standard light bulb connection
* [bc (programming language)](/source/bc_(programming_language)), an arbitrary-precision calculator language
* [Black carbon](/source/Black_carbon), a carbonaceous component of soot
* [Bliss bibliographic classification](/source/Bliss_bibliographic_classification), a library cataloguing system
* [× ''Brassocattleya''](/source/%C3%97_Brassocattleya) or ''Bc.'', an orchid genus
* [Breadcoin](/source/Breadcoin), a community food token
* [Buoyancy compensator (diving)](/source/Buoyancy_compensator_(diving)), a piece of scuba diving equipment

== Transportation ==
* [NZR B<sup>C</sup> class](/source/NZR_BC_class), a type of steam locomotive
* [Skymark Airlines](/source/Skymark_Airlines) (IATA airline code BC)

== Other uses ==
* [Banbridge Chronicle](/source/Banbridge_Chronicle), Northern Irish newspaper
* [Bullcrap](/source/Bullshit), a phrase denoting something worthless
* "B.C.", nickname of [Burr Chamberlain](/source/Burr_Chamberlain) (1877–1933), American football player and coach
* [Baguio](/source/Baguio), a city in the Philippines, locally abbreviated as "B.C."
* [Baja California](/source/Baja_California), a state of Mexico
* [BC Powder](/source/BC_Powder), a brand of pain reliever
* [BookCrossing](/source/BookCrossing), a website that encourages leaving books in public places to be found by others
* [Botswana](/source/Botswana), WMO country code (and obsolete NATO and FIPS country codes)

== See also ==
* [BC Cygni](/source/BC_Cygni), a red supergiant star that is one of the largest stars
* [Belaruskaja Čyhunka](/source/Belaruskaja_%C4%8Cyhunka) (BCh), the national railway company of Belarus
* [Blind carbon copy](/source/Blind_carbon_copy) (<kbd>Bcc:</kbd>), the practice of sending an e-mail to multiple recipients without disclosing the complete list of recipients

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