Hub

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Hub generally means 'center', and may refer to:

Contents 1 Technical meanings 2 Places 3 Organizations 4 See also

[edit] Technical meanings

• Bicycle hub, the central part of a bicycle wheel
• Locking hubs, accessory on four-wheel drive vehicles
• Node (networking) in a computer network
  • Network hub, computer networking device
  • USB hub, allows many USB devices to be connected to a single USB port
• Direct Connect hubs, central servers to which clients connect
• Transportation hub, where traffic is exchanged across several modes of transport
• Airline hub, airport that serves as the base of operations for an airline

[edit] Places

• Carter Notch Hut, New Hampshire, USA
• Hetzel Union Building, a building on the campus of Penn State University
• Hub River, in Balochistan, Pakistan
• Hub Tehsil, in Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Hub, Balochistan, city in Hub Tehsil
  • Hub Dam, in Balochistan
  • Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary, in Balochistan
• Hub City, the nickname of several cities, including:
  • Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Compton, California, United States
  • Crestview, Florida, United States
  • Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
  • Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States
  • Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
  • Mount Pleasant, Utah, United States
  • Rochelle, Illinois, United States
  • Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
• Hunmanby railway station, England; National Rail station code HUB.

[edit] Organizations

• Hub International, North American insurance brokerage listed on the New York Stock Exchange
• Help Us Build, non-profit organization in Newfoundland, Canada, for the integration of the physical disabled into society
• Harvard University Band
• European University College Brussels, previously known as Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel
• Hubs, the name of the sports teams of Rochelle (Illinois) Township High School

[edit] See also

• The Hub
• Spoke-hub distribution paradigm