Hub

Contents 1 Technology 1.1 Wheels 1.2 Computing 1.3 Transport 2 People 3 Fictional characters 4 Places 5 Buildings 6 Organizations 7 Other uses 8 See also

Originally, the term hub referred to the central part of a wheel.

Hub, HUB, Hubs, or HUBS has many uses, as listed below.

Technology

Wheels

• Bicycle hub, the central part of a bicycle wheel
• Hub gear, bicycle gear
• Hub dynamo, bicycle dynamo
• Locking hubs, accessory on four-wheel drive vehicles
• Wheel hub assembly, auto part
• HUB

Computing

• Ethernet hub, computer networking device
• USB hub, allows many USB devices to be connected to a single USB port
• Hubs and authorities, a scheme used for ranking web pages

Transport

• Transport hub, where traffic is exchanged across several modes of transport
• Airline hub, an airport used as transfer point
• Reliever hub, secondary airline hub

People

• Hub (bassist), American musician
• Hub (artist), artist and illustrator of Okko magazine
• Hub van Doorne (1900–1979), Dutch businessman
• Hub Kittle,(1917–2004), American baseball player
• Hub Walker (1906–1982), American baseball player
• Hub Bechtol (1926–2004), American footballer

Fictional characters

• Hub (comics), Marvel comics fictional character
• Hubs (Transformers), Fictional character

Places

• Hub, California, unincorporated community in California, United States
• 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 (disambiguation), the nickname of several cities

Buildings

• AMK Hub, shopping mall in Singapore
• Henry Hub, gas pipeline structure in Louisiana, United States
• Hetzel Union Building, now HUB-Robeson Center, Penn State University, United States
• Husky Union Building, University of Washington, United States
• HDB Hub, commercial complex in Singapore

Organizations

• Hub Culture, a social network that merges virtual and physical places
• Hub Strategy, American advertising agency
• Hubs, the name of the sports teams of Rochelle Township High School in Rochelle, Illinois.
• Harvard University Band
• Hebrew University Bible Project
• Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel - HUBrussel, previously known as European University College Brussels
• Humboldt University of Berlin

Other uses

• Hub (magazine), a UK based online speculative fiction magazine
• The Hub (TV network), an American children's station
• Hub International, North American insurance brokerage listed on the New York Stock Exchange
• Hunmanby railway station, England; National Rail station code HUB
• The Hub, Fictional Headquarters of Torchwood Institute, Cardiff.
• GrubHub Food Delivery & Pickup

See also

• The Hub (disambiguation)

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