Board or Boards may refer to:

Flat surface

Lumber Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames). ...

, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat **

Plank (wood) A plank is timber that is flat, elongated, and rectangular with parallel faces that are higher and longer than wide. Used primarily in carpentry, planks are critical in the construction of ships, houses, bridges, and many other structures. Plank ...

** Cutting board **

Sounding board A sounding board, also known as a tester and abat-voix is a structure placed above and sometimes also behind a pulpit A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin ''pulpitum'' (platf ...

, of a musical instrument * Cardboard (paper product) *

Paperboard Paperboard is a thick paper-based material. While there is no rigid differentiation between paper and paperboard, paperboard is generally thicker (usually over 0.30 mm, 0.012 in, or 12 Inch#Equivalents, points) than paper and has certain superior ...

Fiberboard Fiberboard (American English) or fibreboard (Commonwealth English) is a type of engineered wood product that is made out of wood fibers. Types of fiberboard (in order of increasing density) include particle board or low-density fiberboard (LDF ...

** Hardboard, a type of fiberboard * Particle board, also known as ''chipboard'' ** Oriented strand board *

Printed circuit board A printed circuit board (PCB), also called printed wiring board (PWB), is a Lamination, laminated sandwich structure of electrical conduction, conductive and Insulator (electricity), insulating layers, each with a pattern of traces, planes ...

, in computing and electronics **

Motherboard A motherboard, also called a mainboard, a system board, a logic board, and informally a mobo (see #Nomenclature, "Nomenclature" section), is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in general-purpose computers and other expandable systems. It ho ...

, the main printed circuit board of a computer * A reusable writing surface **

Chalkboard A blackboard or a chalkboard is a reusable writing surface on which text or drawings are made with sticks of calcium sulphate or calcium carbonate, better known as chalk. Blackboards were originally made of smooth, thin sheets of black or da ...

** Whiteboard

Recreation

* Game board ** Chessboard **

Checkerboard A checkerboard (American English) or chequerboard (British English) is a game board of check (pattern), checkered pattern on which checkers (also known as English draughts) is played. Most commonly, it consists of 64 squares (8×8) of alternating ...

Board (bridge) In duplicate bridge, a board is an item of equipment that holds one deal, or one deck of 52 cards distributed in four hands of 13 cards each. The design permits the entire deal of four hands to be passed, carried or stacked securely with the car ...

, a device used in playing duplicate bridge * Board, colloquial term for the rebound statistic in basketball *

Board track racing Board track racing was a type of motorsport popular in the United States during the 1910s and 1920s. Competition was conducted on circular or oval race courses with surfaces composed of wooden planks. This type of track was first used for moto ...

, a type of motorsport popular in the United States during the 1910s and 1920s * Boards, the wall around a

bandy field A bandy field or bandy rink is a large ice rink used for playing the team winter sport of bandy. Being about the size of a football pitch, it is substantially larger than an ice hockey rink. History Originally, bandy was played on naturally froz ...

ice hockey rink An ice hockey rink is an ice rink that is specifically designed for ice hockey, a competitive team sport. Alternatively it is used for other sports such as broomball, ringette, rinkball, and rink bandy. It is a rectangle with rounded corners and ...

Boardsport Boardsports are active outdoor sports that are played with any sort of board as the primary equipment. These sports take place on a variety of terrains, from paved flat-ground and snow-covered hills to water and air. Most boardsports are consider ...

s *

Diving board (disambiguation) Diving board may refer to: * Springboard * Diving platform, referred to as a "tower" or sometimes "firm board" *'' The Diving Board'', a 2013 album by Elton John {{disambig ...

Companies

Board International Board International S.A. is a business intelligence (BI) and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) software vendor known for its Board toolkit. The company was based in Chiasso, Switzerland, where it was founded in 1994, and Boston, Massachuse ...

, a Swiss software vendor known for its business intelligence software toolkit *

Bureau of Architecture, Research, and Design Bureau ( ) may refer to: Agencies and organizations *Government agency *Public administration * News bureau, an office for gathering or distributing news, generally for a given geographical location * Bureau (European Parliament), the administr ...

(BOARD), an architecture firm based in Rotterdam

Groups

Advisory board An advisory board is a body that provides non-binding strategic advice to the management of a corporation, organization, or foundation. The informal nature of an advisory board gives greater flexibility in structure and management compared to the ...

, a body that provides non-binding strategic advice to the management of a corporation *

Currency board In public finance, a currency board is a mechanism by which a monetary authority is required to maintain a fixed exchange rate with a foreign currency by fully backing the commitment with foreign holdings, or reserves. This policy objective requ ...

, the monetary authority to maintain a fixed exchange rate with a foreign currency *

Board of directors A board of directors is a governing body that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulatio ...

, or a similar governing or advisory committee *

Board of selectmen The select board or board of selectmen is commonly the Executive (government), executive arm of the government of New England towns in the United States. The board typically consists of three or five members, with or without staggered terms. Three ...

, the executive arm of the government of New England towns in the United States * Board of supervisors, a governmental body that oversees the operation of county government in some U.S. states *

Board of trustees A board of directors is a governing body that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulatio ...

, the authority of a nonprofit organization *

Editorial board The editorial board is a group of editors, writers, and other people who are charged with implementing a publication's approach to editorials and other opinion pieces. The editorials published normally represent the views or goals of the publicat ...

, a group responsible for a publication's editorial policy *

Examination board An examination board (or exam board) is an organization that sets examinations, is responsible for marking them, and distributes the results. Some are run by governmental entities; some are run as not-for-profit organizations. List of national ex ...

, an organization that sets examinations, is responsible for marking them and distributes results * Parole board, a panel that decides whether an offender should be released from prison * Police board, a group charged with the responsibility of overseeing a local police force * Supervisory board, a group responsible for hiring and firing a board of directors

People

Sports

* C. J. Board (born 1993), American football player * Chris Board (born 1995), American football player * Dwaine Board (born 1956), American football player and coach * Jim Board (born 1956), Australian rules footballer * Michael Board (born 1970), British swimmer * Terry Board (footballer, born 1945) (1945–2019), Australian rules footballer * Terry Board (footballer, born 1968), Australian rules footballer

Other areas

* Kate Board, English airship pilot * Mike Board (born 1952), Australian politician * Mykel Board (born 1950), American journalist, musician, and writer * Printz Board (born 1982), American record producer, songwriter, and singer * Prudy Taylor Board (born 1933), American author and editor

Other

* Board book, a book made more durable by the use of cardboard covers and thicker paper *

Board certification Board certification is the process by which a physician, veterinarian, or other professional demonstrates a mastery of advanced knowledge and skills through written, oral, practical, or simulator-based testing. Certification bodies There are mor ...

, for medical professionals in the United States * Board examination, a part of education in some countries *

Board foot The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. It equals the volume of a board that is in length, one foot in width, and in thickness, or exactly liters. Board foot can be abbrev ...

, measurement of lumber volume * ''Boards'' (magazine), a 1999–2010 trade publication for the advertising community * boards.ie, an Internet forum in Ireland *

Bulletin board (disambiguation) A bulletin board is a surface intended for the posting of public messages. Bulletin board may also refer to: * Bulletin board system, a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program **List of ...

, where people can leave public messages * Distribution board or breaker panel, a component of an electricity supply system *

Room and board Room and board describes an accommodation which, in exchange for money, labour or other recompense, a person is provided with a place to live in addition to meals. It commonly occurs as a fee at higher educational institutions, such as colleges ...

, in exchange for money, labor, or other consideration, a person is provided with a place to live as well as meals * "The Big Board", nickname of the

New York Stock Exchange The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the Financial District, Manhattan, Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is the List of stock exchanges, largest stock excha ...