bc

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bc - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  BC \BC\, B C \B. C.\n.
     before Christ; used in reckoning dates before the supposed
     year Christ was born, i.e. 1 a. d..
     [WordNet 1.5]

bc - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  BC
      adv 1: before the Christian era; used following dates before the
             supposed year Christ was born; "in 200 BC" [syn: BC,
             B.C., before Christ]

bc - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  BC
  
     An arbitrary precision numeric processing language with
     C-like syntax.  Traditionally implemented as a front-end
     to DC.  There is a GNU version called GNU BC.
  
     Unix manual page: bc(1).