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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 ofJesus Christ .Places
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British Columbia , Canada's westernmost province
*Baja California , Mexico's northernmost state
*Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania , United States
* Basque Country, Land of the Basque people
*Botswana , World Meteorological Organization country code 'BC'
* "Bull City ", a nickname for Durham, North CarolinaEducational institutions
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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
*Benedictine Military School , formerly Benedictine College,Savannah, Georgia Government institutions
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Bureau of Corrections (Philippines) , an agency of theDepartment of Justice of thePhilippines , charged with the custody and rehabilitation of national offendersBusinesses and organizations
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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
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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 bandEntertainment
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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
*Burning Crusade , an expansion to the online role-playing game "World of Warcraft"
*Bionic Commando Math and technology
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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 equationsMedicine 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
* Basketball Club, in Romanian. For example
BC Mures
*Bliss bibliographic classification , a library cataloguing system
*BookCrossing , a website which encourages leaving books in public places to be found by others
* Base Camp in mountaineering
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