Hub

Hub may refer to:

Technical meanings

• 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
• Direct Connect hubs are central servers to which clients connect
• Hub (video games), a linking area in video games
• 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, which interacts with many other proteins in the network describing the interactions of proteins within a cell

Places

• "The Hub", a nickname for the city of Boston, Massachusetts, frequently used by the Boston Globe in headlines (from Oliver Wendell Holmes' 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
• The Hub River, in Balochistan (Pakistan)
• Hub District, in Balochistan
• Hub City, in Balochistan
• Hub Dam, in Balochistan
• Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary, in Balochistan

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.
• Help Us Bridge, a registered independent organization (RIO) at the University of Hawaii, promoting a socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable Hawaii and beyond.
• Harvard University Band
• Hub Sundowns a soccer team in the Swaziland Premier League

See also

• The Hub
• Spoke-hub distribution paradigm

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