Stub or Stubb may refer to:

Shortened objects and entities

* Stub, a tree cut and allowed to regrow from the trunk; see

pollarding Pollarding is a pruning system involving the removal of the upper branches of a tree, which promotes the growth of a dense head of foliage and branches. In ancient Rome, Propertius mentioned pollarding during the 1st century BCE. The practice h ...

Pay stub A paycheck is traditionally a paper document (cheque) issued by an employer to pay employee for services rendered. In recent times, the physical paycheck has been increasingly replaced by electronic direct deposits to the employee's designat ...

, a receipt or record that the employer has paid an employee *

Stub period In finance, in particular with reference to bonds and swaps, a stub period is a length of time over which interest In finance and economics, interest is payment from a debtor or deposit-taking financial institution to a lender or depositor of ...

, period of time over which interest accrues which is not equal to the usual interval between bond coupon * Stub road, an unused road junction *

Stub (stock) A stub is the remaining capital stock representing the equity in a corporation after a major cash or security distribution—such as a buyout, spin-off, or demerger—removes most of the company's operations. A stub may retain the name of the origi ...

, the portion of a corporation left over after most but not all of it has been bought out or spun out *

Ticket stub A ticket is a voucher that indicates that an individual is entitled to admission to an event or establishment such as a theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to ...

, the portion of an admissions ticket that is retained by the ticket holder * Cheque (check) stub, retained in the chequebook as a record of the cheques issued

Computing and electronics

Stub (distributed computing) In distributed computing, a stub is a program that acts as a temporary replacement for a remote service or object. It allows the client application to access a service as if it were local, while hiding the details of the underlying network communi ...

, a piece of work of a greater calculation in distributed computing * Stub (electronics), a calculated length section of transmission line used to match impedance in transmission lines *

Method stub A method stub is a short and simple placeholder for a method that is not yet written for production needs. Generally, a method stub contains just enough code to allow it to be used a declaration with any parameters, and if applicable, a return v ...

, a placeholder method for production code *

Stub network Introduction A stub network, or pocket network, is a somewhat casual term describing a computer network, or part of an internetwork, with no knowledge of other networks, that will typically send much or all of its non-local traffic out via a si ...

, in computer networking, a section of network with only one exit router to other networks *

Test stub A test stub is a test double that provides static values to the software under test. A test stub provides canned answers to calls made during the test, usually not responding at all to anything outside what's programmed in for the test.Fowler, Ma ...

, a test double that returns a particular value

People

Given name

* Stub Wiberg (1875–1929), Norwegian actor

Nickname

Stub Brown Richard P. "Stub" Brown (August 3, 1870 – March 10, 1948) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1893 to 1897, for the Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds. He stood at 6' 2" and weighed 220 lbs.Stubb Ross Walter R. "Stubb" Ross, Order of Canada, CM started the now-defunct airline Time Air near Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1966. He married his wife Margaret in 1953 and they had four children, Marjory, Lynn, Rod and Susan. In 1967—the year after Ross sta ...

(died 1987), Canadian airline entrepreneur * Christopher B. "Stubb" Stubblefield (1931–1995), American barbecue restaurateur and chef, and musician

Surname

Alexander Stubb Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb (, born 1 April 1968) is a Finnish politician who has been the 13th president of Finland since 2024. He previously served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2014 to 2015. Rising in politics as a researcher specialis ...

(born 1968), President of Finland, Prime Minister of Finland from 2014 to 2015 *

Ambrosius Stub Ambrosius Christoffersen Stub (May 1705 – 15 July 1758) was a Danish poet. Life Stub was born in Gummerup on the island of Funen, but his exact birth date is unknown. He was baptized at Verninge in Odense on 17 May 1705. The son of a tai ...

(1705–1758), Danish poet *

Göran Stubb Göran Stubb (; born 10 March 1935) is a Finnish ice hockey executive. He is the National Hockey League (NHL) Director of European Scouting. Stubb began working as the chairman of IFK Helsinki from 1961 to 1975 before joining the Finnish Ice Ho ...

(born 1935), Finnish ice hockey executive and the father of Alexander Stubb *

Hans Stubb Hans "Hennes" Stubb (8 October 1906 – 19 March 1973) was a German footballer. Club career He played in defense for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1928 to 1944. International career He also played 10 times for Germany, scoring one goal. Stubb s ...

(1906–1973), German soccer player *

Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein Stub Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein Stub (15 August 1783 – 24 July 1816), also written Kratzenstein-Stub, was a Danish painter, mainly of mythological subjects which were popular in Denmark at the time. Biography Early life and education ...

(1783–1816), Danish painter *

Jens Stub Jens Stub (3 March 1764 – 24 October 1819) was a Norway, Norwegian priest and politician. He was vicar on the island of Veøya and served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll Verk, Eidsvoll in 1814. Biograp ...

(1764–1819), Norwegian politician *

Suzanne Innes-Stubb Suzanne Elizabeth Innes-Stubb (born 25 January 1970) is a British-Finnish attorney and the wife of Alexander Stubb, President of Finland. She is the first person of non-Finnish origin who's the spouse of the President of Finland during the pres ...

(born 1970), British–Finnish attorney and the wife of Alexander Stubb *

Sverre Stub Sverre Stub (born 24 February 1946) is a Norwegian former diplomat. Between 1971 and 2014, he served in various positions with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including as the ambassador to Jordan from 2001 to 2006 and the ambassador to ...

(born 1946), Norwegian diplomat

Other uses

Stub Place Stubb Place is a small settlement in western Cumbria, England. Due to the name of nearby cottages, it is known as Marshside by locals in Waberthwaite. It lies within the Lake District National Park The Lake District, also known as ''the L ...

, settlement in Cumbria, England * Stubb, a character in the novel ''Moby-Dick'' by Herman Melville **

Stubb Glacier Stubb Glacier () is 11 nautical miles (20 km) long in Aristotle Mountains on the east coast of Graham Land, flowing east from Mount Sara Teodora into Scar Inlet between Mount Queequeg and Tashtego Point. The lower reaches of this glacie ...

, an Antarctic glacier named for the ''Moby-Dick'' character