title: HBC
text: # HBC
  
  HBC or HbC may refer to:
  
  ## Companies and organizations
  
  * Halton Borough Council, England
  * Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, the state-owned radio and television broadcaster for Greece
  * Hokkaido Broadcasting, Japan
  * Houston Boychoir, Texas, US
  * HSBC Bank Canada
  * Hudson's Bay Company, Canada
  * Hummelstown Brownstone Company, US
  
  ### Sports
  
  * Harvard Boxing Club, a student organization at Harvard University, US
  * HB Chartres, a French association football club
  * Hyderabad Bicycling Club, India
  
  ## Science and technology
  
  * Hemoglobin C (HbC), an abnormal hemoglobin
  * Hexabenzocoronene, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
  * Hormonal birth control, a contraceptive
  * Human-based computation, a computer science technique
  * High breaking capacity, a type of electrical fuse
  * HBC, a grade of hexagonal boron nitride
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Haebangchon, a neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea
  * Homebrew Channel, application for Nintendo Wii
  * Harvey's Bristol Cream
  * Head Ball Coach, nickname of retired college football coach Steve Spurrier
  * Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966), actress
  * Historically black college (see HBCU).
  