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Scuba Diving. buoyancy compensator.

British Columbia, Canada (approved for postal use).

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Music. basso continuo.

blind copy: used as a notation on the carbon copy of a letter or other document sent to a third person without the addressee's knowledge. Also, bcc

bills for collection.

Bachelor of Chemistry.

Bachelor of commerce.

bass clarinet.

battery commander.

before Christ (used in indicating dates).

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British Columbia.

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5. The abbreviation b.c. “before Christ” is always placed after a date or century: Cleopatra lived from 69 to 30 b.c. The war took place in the first century b.c. See also A.D.

Insurance. building and contents.

Also, B and C

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World English Dictionary

BC

—*abbreviation for*
1.	Compare AD Also: B.C. (indicating years numbered back from the supposed year of the birth of Christ) before Christ: in 54 bc Caesar came
2.	British Columbia

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Cultural Dictionary

B.C. definition

An abbreviation used with dates of events that took place before the birth of Jesus. b.c. stands for before Christ. (Compare a.d.; see b.c.e.)

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Computing Dictionary

BC definition

An arbitrary precision numeric processing language with C-like syntax. Traditionally implemented as a front-end to DC. There is a GNU version called GNU BC.
Unix manual page: bc(1).

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

bc
blind copy

Bc
committed burst