Board or Boards may refer to:

Flat surface

Lumber Lumber is wood that has been processed into dimensional lumber, including beams and planks or boards, a stage in the process of wood production. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, wi ...

, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat ** Plank (wood) ** 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 or other speaking platform that helps to project the sound of the speaker. It is usually made of wood. The structure may be spe ...

, 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#equivalences, points) than paper and has certain ...

* Fiberboard **

Hardboard Hardboard, also called high-density fiberboard (HDF), is a type of fiberboard, which is an engineered wood product. It is used in furniture and in the construction industry. Description Hardboard is similar to particle board and medium-densit ...

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

Oriented strand board Oriented strand board (OSB) is a type of engineered wood similar to particle board, formed by adding adhesives and then compressing layers of wood strands (flakes) in specific orientations. It was invented by Armin Elmendorf in California in 1963. ...

Printed circuit board A printed circuit board (PCB; also printed wiring board or PWB) is a medium used in Electrical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering to connect electronic components to one another in a controlled manner. It takes the form of a L ...

, in computing and electronics **

Motherboard A motherboard (also called mainboard, main circuit board, mb, mboard, backplane board, base board, system board, logic board (only in Apple computers) or mobo) is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in general-purpose computers and other expand ...

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

Chalkboard A blackboard (also known as a chalkboard) is a reusable writing surface on which text or drawings are made with sticks of calcium sulphate or calcium carbonate, known, when used for this purpose, as chalk. Blackboards were originally made of ...

** Whiteboard

Recreation

Board game Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well. Many board games feature a comp ...

Chessboard A chessboard is a used to play chess. It consists of 64 squares, 8 rows by 8 columns, on which the chess pieces are placed. It is square in shape and uses two colours of squares, one light and one dark, in a chequered pattern. During play, the bo ...

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

* Board (bridge), a device used in playing duplicate bridge * Board, colloquial term for the rebound statistic in basketball * Board track racing, a type of motorsport popular in the United States during the 1910s and 1920s * Boards, the wall around a bandy field or

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 s ...

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

s * Diving board (disambiguation)

Companies

* Board International, a Swiss software vendor known for its business intelligence software toolkit * Bureau of Architecture, Research, and Design (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 th ...

, a body that provides non-binding strategic advice to the management of a corporation * Currency board, the monetary authority to maintain a fixed exchange rate with a foreign currency *

Board of directors A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...

, or a similar governing or advisory committee * Board of selectmen, the executive arm of the government of New England towns in the United States *

Board of supervisors A board of supervisors is a governmental body that oversees the operation of county government in the U.S. states of Arizona, California, Iowa, Mississippi, Virginia, and Wisconsin, as well as 16 counties in New York. There are equivalent agenc ...

, a governmental body that oversees the operation of county government in some U.S. states *

Board of trustees A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...

, the authority of a nonprofit organization * Editorial board, a group responsible for a publication's editorial policy * Examination board, an organization that sets examinations, is responsible for marking them and distributes results *

Parole board A parole board is a panel of people who decide whether an offender should be released from prison on parole after serving at least a minimum portion of their sentence as prescribed by the sentencing judge. Parole boards are used in many jurisdiction ...

, a panel that decides whether an offender should be released from prison *

Police board A police board is an appointed form of local government charged with the responsibility of overseeing a local police force. In the United States, the term is used for some police departments. For example, the Chicago Police Board oversees the Chi ...

, 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 Clarence "C. J." Board (born December 12, 1993) is an American football wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Chattanooga. Professional career Baltimore Ravens Board signed ...

(born 1993), American football player *

Chris Board Chris Board (born July 23, 1995) is an American football linebacker for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Dakota State Bison football, North Dakota State. He won three FCS Divisio ...

(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), Australian rules footballer *

Terry Board (footballer, born 1968) Terry Board (born 14 September 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented the Fitzroy Football Club in the Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Au ...

, Australian rules footballer

Other areas

Kate Board Katharine Board, known as Kate Board, is an English pilot, the world's first female qualified Zeppelin pilot. She started to learn to fly when her father gave her five hours of flying lessons for her 19th birthday, and after this worked at her lo ...

, English airship pilot *

Mike Board Michael Francis Board (born 15 June 1952) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Paddington in Sydney and worked as a clothing manufacturer and wholesaler. He arrived in Western Australia in 1985. In 1993 he was elected to the Weste ...

(born 1952), Australian politician *

Mykel Board Mykel Board (born January 31, 1950) is an American journalist, musician, and writer of English-language haiku. Bibliography * ''Even A Daughter Is Better Than Nothing'' Garrett Country Press (2005) * ''I A, Me-ist'' Hope and Nonthings Pres ...

(born 1950), American journalist, musician, and writer * Printz Board (born 1982), American record producer, songwriter, and singer *

Prudy Taylor Board Prudy Taylor Board (born 21 December 1933), who also writes under the name Prue Foster, is an American author and editor. She was born in Florida. Board has written more than 1,000 magazine and newspaper articles, and has also written several nov ...

(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 or other professional demonstrates a mastery of advanced knowledge and skills through written, practical, or simulator-based testing. Certification bodies There are more than 25 boards that ...

, 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 length of a board, one foot wide and thick. Board foot can be abbreviated as FBM (for "foot, board measure" ...

, 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 is a phrase describing a situation in which, in exchange for money, Manual labour, labor or other considerations, a person is provided with a place to live as well as meals on a comprehensive basis. It commonly occurs as a fee at h ...

, 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 of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed c ...