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Board or Boards may refer to:


Flat surface

* Lumber, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat ** Plank (wood) ** Cutting board ** Sounding board, of a musical instrument * Cardboard (paper product) * Paperboard * Fiberboard ** Hardboard, a type of fiberboard * Particle board, also known as ''chipboard'' ** Oriented strand board * Printed circuit board, in computing and electronics ** Motherboard, the main printed circuit board of a computer * A reusable writing surface ** Chalkboard ** Whiteboard


Recreation

* Board game **Chessboard **Checkerboard * Board (bridge), a device used in playing duplicate bridge * Board, colloquial term for the rebound (basketball), 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 * Boardsports * 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, 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, 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 governmental body that oversees the operation of county government in some U.S. states * Board of trustees, 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 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), 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, for medical professionals in the United States * Board examination, a part of education in some countries * Board foot, measurement of lumber volume * Boards (magazine), ''Boards'' (magazine), a 1999–2010 trade publication for the advertising community * boards.ie, an Internet forum in Ireland * Bulletin board (disambiguation), where people can leave public messages * Distribution board or breaker panel, a component of an electricity supply system * Room and board, 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


See also

* * * Boarding (disambiguation) * Bored (disambiguation) * Soundboard (disambiguation) * Switchboard (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, surname