Big Three

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The term Big Three may refer to:

Contents 1 Government and education 2 Business 3 Entertainment 4 Sports 5 Other 6 See also

[edit] Government and education

• The Big Three Allied leaders of World War I, the dominant diplomatic figures at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, Lloyd George, George Clemenceau, and Woodrow Wilson; initially The Big Four (WWI) with Vittorio Orlando
• The Big Three Allies of World War II, the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom
• The Big Three Allied leaders of World War II, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill
• Big Three (colleges), Harvard, Yale, and Princeton
• Big three North American countries, United States, Canada, Mexico

[edit] Business

• Big Three automobile manufacturers, describing major manufacturers in different countries
• Big three game consoles:
  • Between 1985 and 1991: Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System, Atari 7800
  • Between 1991-1993: Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16
  • Between 1996 and 1998: PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Sega Saturn
  • Between 2001 and 2005: Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation 2
  • Present day: Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
• Big three handheld subset of the game consoles:
  • Between 1992-1994: Nintendo Game Boy, Sega Game Gear, Atari Lynx
  • Between 2004-Present: Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP
• Big three home computers
  • Between 1981-1985: IBM PC, Apple II, Commodore 64
  • Between 1986-1992: IBM PC compatible, Apple IIGS, Commodore Amiga

[edit] Entertainment

• Big Three television networks
• "The Big Three Killed My Baby", song
• The Big Three (musical group), Liverpool music group created by Johnny Hutchinson
• Big Three, a group in The Boys (comic book)
• The Big Three in Economics, a book by Mark Skousen
• A prank/comedy team consisting of comedian Don Barris, comedian/writer Tony Barbieri (as character Walter "Mole" Molinski), and "comedian" Perry Caravello who star in the film Windy City Heat.
• The Big Three manga of the late 80's and early 90's, those being Dragon Ball (Manga), Yu Yu Hakusho, and Slam Dunk (manga).
• The Big Three superheroes of the DC Universe, those being Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman
• The Big Three Teutonic thrash metal bands: Sodom, Kreator, and Destruction
• The big three music genres:
  • Between 1920 and 1949: Blues, Jazz, Country
  • Between 1950 and Present: Pop, R&B and Rock

[edit] Sports

• Big Three (Portugal), sports clubs
• Boston Celtics team members Larry Bird, Robert Parish, and Kevin McHale
• The starting rotation of the Houston Astros: Roger Clemens, Roy Oswalt, and Andy Pettitte
• Boston Celtics teammates Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce
• The Montreal Canadiens triumvirate of All-Star defencemen Serge Savard, Guy Lapointe, and Larry Robinson
• The Tampa Bay Lightning's previous top offensive line of Vincent Lecavalier, Brad Richards, and Martin St. Louis
• The San Antonio Spurs key players: Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginóbili
• Chicago Bulls Teammates Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Dennis Rodman

[edit] Other

• Rule of three (C++ programming)
• The Big Three of science fiction, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Robert A. Heinlein
• Big three diseases: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
• Big three languages: English, Spanish and French
• Big three operating system families: Microsoft Windows (Windows XP/Windows Vista), Mac OS (Mac OS X), Linux (Ubuntu, Debian)

[edit] See also

• Big One
• Big Two
• Little Three
• Big Four
• Big Five
• Big Six
• Big Seven
• Big Eight