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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
B.C.
adverb: before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born; "in 200 BC" [syn: {BC}, {before Christ}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
BC
adverb: before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born; "in 200 BC" [syn: {B.C.}, {before Christ}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
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).
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