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