Bob, BOB, or B.O.B. may refer to:

Places

Mount Bob Mount Bob is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York north of Hobart. Jaclyn Hill is north of Mount Bob and Griffin Hill Griffin Hill is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York south of Hobart. Lyon Mountai ...

, New York, United States *

Bob Island Bob Island is a rocky island long and high, lying southeast of Cape Errera, on Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago. An island in this vicinity was surveyed and photographed by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Gerlache in t ...

, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica

People, fictional characters, and named animals

Bob (given name) Bob is a male given name or a hypocorism, usually of Robert, and sometimes a diminutive of Bobby. It is most common in English-speaking countries such as the United States, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand and some ...

, a list of people and fictional characters *

Bob (surname) Bob is the surname of: * Adam Bob (1967–2019), American football player * Camille Bob (1937–2015), American rhythm and blues singer and musician * Fernando Bob (born 1988), Brazilian footballer also known as Bob * Galina Bob (born 1984), Ru ...

Bob (dog) Bob was a dog who received the Dickin Medal in 1944 from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service during the Second World War. The Dickin Medal is often referred to as the animal metaphorical equivalent of the Victoria Cro ...

, a dog that received the Dickin Medal for bravery in World War II *

Bob the Railway Dog Bob the Railway Dog (also known as "Terowie, South Australia, Terowie Bob") is part of South Australian Railways folklore. He travelled the South Australian Railways system in the latter part of the 19th century, and was known widely to railwa ...

, a part of South Australian Railways folklore

Television, games, and radio

* ''Bob'' (TV series), an American comedy series starring Bob Newhart * ''B.O.B.'' (video game), a side-scrolling shooter *

Bob FM BOB FM is the on-air brand of a number of FM radio stations in the United States and formerly in Canada. The BOB FM format mostly concentrates on album rock, alternative rock and pop hits from the 1980s and 90s, especially those popular during t ...

, on-air brand of a number of FM radio stations in North America

Music

Musicians and groups

B.o.B Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. (born November 15, 1988), known professionally as B.o.B, is an American rapper and record producer. Raised in Decatur, Georgia, Simmons was signed to Jim Jonsin's Rebel Rock Entertainment imprint in 2006. Two years late ...

(born 1988), American rapper and record producer *

Bob (band) BOB were an indie pop band from North London, England, formed in 1986.Colin Larkin ''The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', Volume 1, 1992, p. 283; " BOB Formed in north London in 1986 by Richard Blackborow " History The initial line-up ...

, a British indie pop band *

The Bobs The Bobs were an a cappella vocal group founded in San Francisco, California in the early 1980s. They moved to Seattle, Washington and were active recording and touring throughout the United States, Canada and Europe until their farewell show a ...

, an American a cappella group * Boyz on Block, a British pop supergroup

Songs

* "B.O.B" (song), by OutKast * "Bob" ("Weird Al" Yankovic song), from the 2003 album ''Poodle Hat'' by "Weird Al" Yankovic *"Bob", a song from the album ''

Brighter Than Creation's Dark ''Brighter Than Creation's Dark'' is the seventh studio album by American rock band Drive-By Truckers. It was released on January 22, 2008 in the United States. Background Recorded during and after the acoustic Dirt Underneath Tour, the album ...

'' by the Drive-By Truckers *"Bob", a song from the album ''

White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean ''White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean'' is the fourth studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on November 5, 1992, through Epitaph Records. It is the first NOFX album to feature El Hefe on guitar, replacing Steve Kidwille ...

'' by NOFX *"Bob", a song from the album ''

Pork Soda ''Pork Soda'' is the third studio album by the American funk metal band Primus, released April 20, 1993, certified Gold in September 1993 and certified Platinum in May 1997. The 2005 re-issue comes in a digipak and contains a booklet with lyrics ...

'' by Primus *"Bob", a song from the album ''

One Hot Minute ''One Hot Minute'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 12, 1995 by Warner Bros. Records. The worldwide success of the band's previous album ''Blood Sugar Sex Magik'' (1991) caused guitar ...

'' by the Red Hot Chili Peppers *"The Bob (Medley)", a song from Roxy Music's self-titled album

Science and technology

Bob (physics) A bob is the mass on the end of a pendulum found most commonly, but not exclusively, in pendulum clocks. Reason for use Although a pendulum can theoretically be any shape, any rigid object swinging on a pivot, clock pendulums are usually made o ...

, the mass at the end of a pendulum *

BOB (psychedelic) BOB (4-bromo-2,5,beta-trimethoxyphenethylamine) is a lesser-known psychedelic drug. It is the beta-methoxy analog of 2C-B. BOB was first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin. In his book '' PiHKAL'', the dosage range is listed as 10–20 mg, and ...

, a drug *

Alice and Bob Alice and Bob are fictional characters commonly used as placeholders in discussions about cryptographic systems and protocols, and in other science and engineering literature where there are several participants in a thought experiment. The Al ...

, placeholder characters in cryptography and physics problems *

Blitter object A Bob (contraction of ''Blitter object'') is a graphical element (GEL) used by the Amiga computer. Bobs are hardware sprite-like objects, movable on the screen with the help of the blitter coprocessor. The AmigaOS GEL system consists of VSprit ...

, a graphics construct *

Hurricane Bob (disambiguation) The name Bob was used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin. The name Bob was retired in the spring of 1992, and was replaced by Bill in the 1997 season. * Hurricane Bob (1979), hit Louisiana, killing one and causing $20 million in ...

Microsoft Bob Microsoft Bob is a Microsoft software product intended to provide a more user-friendly interface for the Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems, supplanting the Windows Program Manager. The program was released on March 11, 199 ...

, a software product

Acronyms

Bank of Baroda Bank of Baroda (BOB or BoB) is an Indian public sector bank headquartered in Vadodara, Gujarat. It is the second largest public sector bank in India after State Bank of India, with 132 million customers, a total business of US$218 billion, ...

, in India *

Bank of Botswana The Bank of Botswana (BoB) is the central bank of Botswana. When Botswana gained independence from Britain in 1966, the country was part of the Rand Monetary Area (RMA). In 1974 Botswana withdrew from the RMA, and the Bank of Botswana and Finan ...

Bank One Ballpark Chase Field, formerly Bank One Ballpark, is a retractable roof stadium in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It is the home of Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks. It opened in 1998 Arizona Diamondbacks season, 1998, the year the Diamondbacks ...

, now Chase Field *

Bayerische Oberlandbahn The Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH (BOB) is a private railway company based in Holzkirchen, Germany, and owned by Transdev Germany (formerly known as ''Veolia Verkehr''). Since June 2020 its services are operated under the brand Bayerische Regio ...

, a private German railway company *

Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Co., Ltd (BOB) ( zh, c=北京奥林匹克转播有限公司, p=Běijīng àolínpǐkè zhuǎnbò yǒuxiàn gōngsī) was a Chinese broadcasting consortium which produced the main international feeds for the 2008 Summer ...

Bend Over Boyfriend ''Bend Over Boyfriend'' (''BOB'') is a series of sex education videos covering the practice of a woman penetrating a man's anus with a strap-on dildo (known as pegging). The first of the two videos, which was released in 1998, became the best-se ...

, slang term for a sexual practice *

Berlin Operating Base Berlin Operations Base (a.k.a. Berlin Operating Base, B.O.B., or BOB), was the headquarters of the CIA (initially OSS) in West Berlin during the Cold War. Established in 1945 by Allen Dulles, it was located on Foehrenweg Street in the suburb of Dah ...

, the CIA station in Berlin during the Cold War *

Berner Oberland Bahn The Bernese Oberland Railway (german: Berner Oberland-Bahn, BOB) is a narrow-gauge mountain railway in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. It runs, via a "Y" junction at Zweilütschinen to serve Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald from Inte ...

, a mountain railway in Switzerland *

Best of Biotech Best of Biotech (''BOB'') is an international business plan competition with focus on life sciences, i.e. Biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of orga ...

, a business plan competition organized by Austria Wirtschaftsservice * Boys of Bangladesh, a network of gay men in Bangladesh *Breakout board, a minimal printed circuit board with a single component * Bug-out bag, an evacuation kit * Buy on board, food or beverages purchased in-flight

Codes

Aweer language Aweer (''Aweera''), also known as Boni (''Bon, Bonta''), is a Cushitic language of Eastern Kenya. The Aweer people, known by the arguably derogatory exonym "''Boni,''" are historically a hunter-gatherer people, traditionally subsisting on hunt ...

ISO 639-3 code *

Bolivian boliviano The boliviano (; sign: BsBanco Central de Bolivia. "Galeria de monedas y billetes''." Accessed 26 February 2011.Banco Central de BoliviaOfficial websiteAccessed 26 February 2011. ISO 4217 code: BOB) is the currency of Bolivia. It is divided ...

ISO 4217 currency code *

Bora Bora Airport Bora Bora Airport , also known as Motu Mute Airport, is an airport serving the island of Bora Bora in French Polynesia. It is located on the islet of Motu Mute. The airport was opened in 1943, during World War II. Commercial service became avail ...

IATA code

Other uses

* Bob, a slang term in Great Britain for the pre-decimal coin, the shilling * Bob, short for

bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

or bobsled *

Bob cut A bob cut, also known as a bob, is a short to medium length haircut, in which the hair is typically cut straight around the head at approximately jaw level, but no longer than shoulder-length, often with fringe or bangs at the front. The standa ...

, a hairstyle