Bio or BIO may refer to:

Computing

bio(4) Bio or BIO may refer to: Computing * bio(4), a pseudo-device driver in RAID controller management interface in OpenBSD and NetBSD * Block I/O, a concept in computer data storage Politics * Julius Maada Bio (born 1964), Sierra Leonean politici ...

, a pseudo-device driver in RAID controller management interface in OpenBSD and NetBSD * Block I/O, a concept in computer data storage

Politics

Julius Maada Bio Julius Maada Wonie Bio (born 12 May 1964) is a Sierra Leonean politician, and the current president of Sierra Leone since 4 April 2018. He is a retired brigadier general in the Sierra Leone Army and was the military head of state of Sierra Leo ...

(born 1964), Sierra Leonean politician, president since April 4, 2018

Media and entertainment

Bio (Australian TV channel) Bio (stylised as bio., formerly The Biography Channel) was an Australian general entertainment channel available on Australia's Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television pay television services. In 2014, the channel rebranded with a new on-air look ...

* The Biography Channel (UK and Ireland) *

Bio (graffiti artist) Bio is the tagger name of Wilfredo Feliciano (born 1966). He started painting graffiti on New York City Subway in 1980, and is one of the founding members of the TATS CRU. The "cru" was formed along with Brim and Mack originally known as T.A.T. C ...

Wilfredo Feliciano (born 1966) * ''Bio'' (album), a Chuck Berry album released in 1973

Organizations

Bedford Institute of Oceanography The Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) is a major Government of Canada ocean research facility located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. BIO is the largest ocean research station in Canada. Established in 1962 as Canada's first, and currently la ...

Biographers International Organization Biographers International Organization (BIO) is an international, non-profit, 501 (c)(3) organization founded to promote the art and craft of biography, and to further the professional interests of its practitioners. The organization was founded in ...

Biotechnology Innovation Organization The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) is the largest advocacy association in the world representing the biotechnology industry. It was founded in 1993 as the Biotechnology Industry Organization, and changed its name to the Biotechnology ...

Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO), is a private company, based in Brussels, Belgium. Overview BIO works to promote the creation of a strong private sector in emerging economies, to enable them gain access to prosperity a ...

Energy

* Biofuel, fuel made from biomass **

Biodiesel Biodiesel is a form of diesel fuel derived from plants or animals and consisting of long-chain fatty acid esters. It is typically made by chemically reacting lipids such as animal fat ( tallow), soybean oil, or some other vegetable oil ...

, the biofuel alternative for diesel **

Biogas Biogas is a mixture of gases, primarily consisting of methane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide, produced from raw materials such as agricultural waste, manure, municipal waste, plant material, sewage, green waste and food waste. It is a ...

, a blend of gasses formed by the breakdown of organic matter used in renewable energy production **

Biogasoline Biogasoline or biopetrol (British English) is a type of gasoline produced from biomass such as algae. Like traditionally produced gasoline, it is made up of hydrocarbons with 6 (hexane) to 12 (dodecane) carbon atoms per molecule and can be used i ...

, the biofuel alternative for gasoline

Places

Bio, Azerbaijan Bio is a village in the municipality of Marzəsə in the Astara Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental c ...

, village in Astara Rayon *

Bio, Lot Bio (; oc, Viá) is a commune in the Lot department in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Lot department The following is a list of the 313 communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential commun ...

, commune in France *

Bilbao Airport Bilbao Airport is a minor international airport located north of Bilbao, in the municipality of Loiu, in Biscay. It is the largest airport in the Basque Country and northern Spain, with 5,469,453 passengers in 2018. It is famous for its new ...

, Spain, IATA airport code BIO * British Indian Ocean Territory, ITU code BIO

Other uses

Biography A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or ...

(abbreviation) *

Bioplastic Bioplastics are plastic materials produced from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, straw, woodchips, sawdust, recycled food waste, etc. Some bioplastics are obtained by processing directly from natural bi ...

, plastic made from biomass *

British Informatics Olympiad The British Informatics Olympiad (BIO) is an annual computer-programming competition for secondary and sixth-form students. Any student under 19 who is in full-time pre-university education and resident in mainland Britain is eligible to compet ...

* Bio, prefix and abbreviation of

biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...