Hub
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Technical meanings of hub:
- The center of a wheel
- Node (networking) in a computer network
- Ethernet hub, a computer networking device
- USB hub, a device that allows many USB devices to be connected to a single USB port
- A linking area in video games is called a hub.
- 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
- HUB protein, interacts with many other proteins in the network describing the interactions of proteins within a cell
Places:
- A nickname for the city of Boston, Massachusetts, frequently used by the Boston Globe in headlines (from Oliver Wendell Holmes's 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
- Hub River located in Balochistan, Pakistan
- Hub District located in Balochistan, Pakistan
- Hub City located in Balochistan, Pakistan
- Hub Dam located in Balochistan, Pakistan
- Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary located in Balochistan, Pakistan
Organisations:
- Hub International, a North American insurance brokerage listed on the New York Stock Exchange
- Help Us Build, a non-profit organization located Newfoundland, Canada, for the integration of the physical disabled into society.
- Harvard University Band
