Science and Technology
- bc programming language, an arbitrary-precision calculator language
- Backcrossing, a crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents, or a genetically similar individual
- Ballistic coefficient, a measure of air drag on a projectile
- Base curve radius, a parameter of a contact lens
- Battle command, a military process
- Bayonet cap, a standard light bulb connection
- Black carbon, a carbonaceous component of soot
- Buoyancy compensator (diving), a piece of scuba diving equipment
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