BC
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BC may refer to:
- Before Christ, an epoch used in dating years prior to the estimated birth of Jesus
In arts and entertainment
- B.C. (comic strip), a comic strip by Johnny Hart, and one of its characters
- BC (video game), a cancelled video game by Lionhead Studios
- BC The Archaeology of the Bible Lands, a BBC television series
- Builders Club, a Rōblox membership
- Bullet Club, a professional wrestling stable
Businesses and organizations
- BC Card, a Korean credit card company
- Bella Center, a conference center in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Brasseries du Cameroun, a brewery in Cameroon
- British Council
- Brunswick Corporation (NYSE ticker symbol BC)
- Basilian Chouerite Order, a religious order
- Borough Council, a class of second tier council in the United Kingdom
- Bureau of Corrections (Philippines), an agency of the Department of Justice of the Philippines
- Skymark Airlines (IATA airline code BC)
Places
- Baja California, a state in Mexico
- Basque Country (greater region), a nation between Spain and France
- Bell Centre, an arena in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Botswana (WMO country code and FIPS 10-4 code)
- British Columbia, the westernmost province of Canada
Schools
- Bakersfield College, a college in Bakersfield, California
- Baghdad College, a high school, Baghdad, Iraq
- Bergen Catholic High School, a high school in Oradell, New Jersey
- Benedictine College, a college in Atchison, Kansas
- Benedictine Military School, a high school in Savannah, Georgia
- Boston College, a university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
- Boston College Eagles, this university's athletic program
- Brazosport College, a college in Lake Jackson, Texas
In science and technology
- bc programming language, an arbitrary-precision calculator language
- Backcrossing, a crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents, or a genetically similar individual
- Backward compatibility, the ability of new software to work similarly to its predecessor
- Ballistic coefficient, a measure of air drag on a projectile
- Base curve radius, a parameter of a contact lens
- Battle command, a military discipline
- Bayonet cap, a standard light bulb connection
- Black carbon, a carbonaceous component of soot
- Blind carbon copy (Bcc:), the practice of sending an e-mail to multiple recipients without disclosing the complete list of recipients
- Bodycam, a video recording device used by law enforcement
- Brassocattleya or Bc, an orchid genus
- Buoyancy compensator (diving), a piece of scuba diving equipment
Transportation
- Belaruskaja Čyhunka, the national railway company of Belarus
- NZR BC class, a steam locomotive classification of the New Zealand Railways Department
- Skymark Airlines (IATA airline code BC)
Other uses
- BC Powder, a brand of pain reliever
- Baccalaureus or bc, a Bachelor's degree in the Netherlands
- Bliss bibliographic classification, a library cataloguing system
- BookCrossing, a website that encourages leaving books in public places to be found by others
- British Citizen, a category of British nationality
- Business continuity