Hub

Technical meanings

• Bicycle hub, the central part of a bicycle wheel
• Locking hubs, accessory on four-wheel drive vehicles
• Node (networking) in a computer network
• Network 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
• Transportation hub, where traffic is exchanged across several modes of transport
• Airline hub, airport that serves as the base of operations for an airline

Places

• Carter Notch Hut, New Hampshire, USA
• Hetzel Union Building, a building on the campus of Penn State University
• 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, New Brunswick, Canada
• Mount Pleasant, Utah, United States
• Rochelle, Illinois, United States
• Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
• Hunmanby railway station, England; National Rail station code HUB.

Organizations

• Hub International, North American insurance brokerage listed on the New York Stock Exchange
• Help Us Build, non-profit organization in Newfoundland, Canada, for the integration of the physical disabled into society
• Harvard University Band
• Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel H.U.Brussel , previously known as European University College Brussels
• Hubs, the name of the sports teams of Rochelle (Illinois) Township High School

See also

• The Hub
• Spoke-hub distribution paradigm