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I mean the continuous uniform distribution. "Centered at c" is intended to indicate that the mean of the distribution is c.
ETA: Let me be specific -- I'll use the notation of the linked Wikipedia article.
You know that b - a = 1.
c = (a + b)/2 is unknown, and the confidence interval is supposed to help you infer it.