Stub

Stub or Stubb may refer to:

• In pollarding, a stub or stubb is a low pollard – a tree cut and allowed to regrow from the trunk
• Method stub, in computer programming, a piece of code used to stand in for some other programming functionality
• Stub in Linux is one of the parts in shared libraries for Linux.
• Test stub, one type of test doubles (along with mock objects) in software testing
• Stub network, in computer networking, a section of network with only one exit router to other networks
• A stub of a pencil, or other object
• Stub (electronics), a calculated length section of transmission line used to match impedance in transmission lines
• Stub (distributed computing), a piece of work of a greater calculation in distributed computing
• Pay stub, a receipt or record that the employer has paid an employee
• Ticket (receipt), a ticket or portion thereof that acts as a receipt
• Stub (stock), the portion of a corporation left over after most but not all of it has been bought out or spun out
• Stub, an unused road junction: see Unused highway
• Stub, the short tail of an animal such as a bobcat
• Stub period, period of time over which interest accrues which is not equal to the usual interval between bond coupon
• Stub Place, settlement in Cumbria, England
• Stubb, a character in the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

Persons with surname Stub or Stubb

• Ambrosius Stub (1705–1758), Danish poet
• Jens Stub (1764–1819), Norwegian politician
• Sverre Stub (born 1946), Norwegian diplomat
• Alexander Stubb (born 1968), the current prime minister of Finland
• Hans Stubb (1906–1973), German soccer player

Persons with forename or nickname Stub or Stubb

• Christopher B. "Stubb" Stubblefield, (1931–1995), BBQ restaurateur and chef, musician
• Stub Wiberg (1875–1929), Norwegian actor
• Stub Brown (1870–1938), American baseball player
• Stubb Ross (died 1987), Canadian airline executive

See also

• Stubbe
• Stubbs