Hub

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Hub means the centre of a wheel. By analogy, it generally means 'center' or 'important place', and may refer to:

Technical meanings

• Wheel hub motor, electric motor incorporated into a hub of a wheel
• Bicycle hub, the central part of a bicycle wheel
• Locking hubs, accessory on four-wheel drive vehicles
• Node (networking) in a computer network
  • Ethernet 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
• Transport hub, where traffic is exchanged across several modes of transport
• Airline hub, an airport used as transfer point
• Hubs and authorities, a scheme used for ranking web pages

People

• Hub (bassist), American musician
• Hub van Doorne (1900-1979), Dutch businessman

Characters

• Hubs (Transformers)

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, 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, NewBrunswick, Canada
  • Mount Pleasant, Utah, United States
  • Rochelle, Illinois, United States
  • Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Organizations

• Hub International, North American insurance brokerage listed on the New York Stock Exchange

Sports teams

• Hubs, the name of the sports teams of Rochelle Township High School in Rochelle, Illinois.

Publications

• Hub (magazine), a UK based online speculative fiction magazine

See also

• The Hub
• HUB
• Spoke-hub distribution paradigm

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