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[edit] Technical meanings
- The centre of a wheel, normally incorporating a bearing.
- Node (networking) in a computer network
- Network hub, a computer networking device
- USB hub, a device that allows many USB devices to be connected to a single USB port
- Direct Connect hubs are central servers to which clients connect
- Transportation hub, where traffic is exchanged across several modes of transport
- Airline hub, an airport that serves as the base of operations for an airline
- A hub allows a network of computers to send information to each other, but a hub increases traffic between computers
[edit] Places
- The Hub, a nickname for the city of Boston, Massachusetts, frequently used by the Boston Globe in headlines (from Oliver Wendell Holmes' phrase Hub of the Solar System)
- A nickname for Carter Notch Hut, New Hampshire, The hub of the Universe, derived from Boston's nickname
- Hetzel Union Building, a building on the campus of Penn State University
- The Hub River, in Balochistan, Pakistan
- Hub Tehsil, in Balochistan
- Hub, Balochistan, a city in Hub Tehsil
- Hub City, the nickname of several cities, including:
- Compton, California, United States
- Crestview, Florida, United States
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States
- Moncton, New-Brunswick, Canada
- Mount Pleasant, Utah, United States
- Rochelle, Illinois, United States (where even the local high school sports teams are called the "Hubs")
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Hub Dam, in Balochistan
- Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary, in Balochistan
- Hunmanby railway station, England; National Rail station code HUB.
[edit] Organizations
- Hub International, a North American insurance brokerage listed on the New York Stock Exchange
- Hub group, a North American transportation company
- Help Us Build, a non-profit organization in Newfoundland, Canada, for the integration of the physical disabled into society
- Harvard University Band
- Hull University Business School
- HUB-Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel --> European University College Brussels
[edit] See also
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