CBR may refer to:
Business and organizations
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Central Bank of Russia
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBR; ), doing business as the Bank of Russia (russian: Банк России}), is the central bank of the Russian Federation. The bank was established on July 13, 1990. The predecessor of the bank can ...
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Central Board of Revenue
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) ( ur, ), formerly known as Central Board of Revenue (CBR), is a federal law enforcement agency of Pakistan that investigates tax crimes, suspicious accumulation of wealth, money-laundering make regulation of ...
, the Pakistan department for revenue collection
* CBR, formerly the New York Stock Exchange symbol for
Ciber
Ciber Global, now a part of HTC Global Services, is a global information technology consulting, services and outsourcing company with commercial clients.
The company was founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1974. The company was called the "Consultant ...
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Center for Bio-Ethical Reform
The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform (CBR) is an American anti-abortion organization. The Executive Director of the CBR is Gregg Cunningham, a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives who has also held a number of other go ...
, an anti-abortion non-profit organization
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Centre for Blood Research
The Centre for Blood Research (CBR) is a multidisciplinary biomedical research institute, situated primarily at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and affiliated teaching hospitals in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with nodes at the ...
at the University of British Columbia
* CBR (''Cimenteries et Briqueteries Réunies''), now
HeidelbergCement
HeidelbergCement is a German multinational building materials company headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany. It is a DAX corporation and is one of the largest building materials companies in the world. On 1 July 2016, HeidelbergCement AG complete ...
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Championship Bull Riding
Championship Bull Riding, Inc. (CBR) was a professional bull riding organization that was based in Weatherford, Texas, United States.
History
Stock contractor Terry Williams and Texas businessman Joel Logan founded Championship Bull Riding (CBR) ...
, a rodeo organization in Texas, USA
Comics
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.cbr
A comic book archive or comic book reader file (also called sequential image file) is a type of archive file for the purpose of sequential viewing of images, commonly for comic books. The idea was made popular by the CDisplay sequential image vie ...
, a file extension for comic book archive files
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Comic Book Resources
''Comic Book Resources'', also known by the initialism CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book–related news and discussion.
History
Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Co ...
'', a news and discussion website
Radio
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CBR (AM)
CBR is a Canadian clear-channel radio station, broadcasting at 1010 kHz in Calgary, Alberta. It broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network. CBR's studios are located in the Parkdale neighbourhood of northwest Calgary, while its trans ...
, a radio station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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CBR-FM
CBR-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting on 102.1 FM in Calgary, Alberta. It broadcasts the programming of the CBC Music network. CBR-FM's studios are located on Westmount Boulevard Northwest just west of downtown Calgary, while its tran ...
, a radio station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
* CBR, former call sign of radio station
CBU in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Science, medicine, and engineering
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California bearing ratio, a strength measurement of material under a paved area
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Cannabinoid receptor
Cannabinoid receptors, located throughout the body, are part of the endocannabinoid system a class of cell membrane receptors in the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily. As is typical of G protein-coupled receptors, the cannabinoid recepto ...
, a type of cell membrane receptor
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Case-based reasoning
In artificial intelligence and philosophy, case-based reasoning (CBR), broadly construed, is the process of solving new problems based on the solutions of similar past problems.
In everyday life, an auto mechanic who fixes an engine by recalli ...
, an artificial intelligence technique
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Crude birth rate
The birth rate for a given period is the total number of live human births per 1,000 population divided by the length of the period in years. The number of live births is normally taken from a universal registration system for births; populati ...
, a measure of live births
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Community-based rehabilitation
The aim of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) is to help people with disabilities, by establishing community-based medical integration, equalization of opportunities, and Physical therapy (Physiotherapy) rehabilitation programs for disabled peopl ...
, programs for the disabled
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Cosmic background radiation
Cosmic background radiation is electromagnetic radiation from the Big Bang. The origin of this radiation depends on the region of the spectrum that is observed. One component is the cosmic microwave background. This component is redshifted pho ...
* Critical body residue, the measure of toxicity in
tissue residue Tissue residue is the concentration of a chemical or compound in an organism's tissue or in a portion of an organism's tissue.McCarty, L. and D. MacKay. 1993. Enhancing ecotoxicological modeling and assessment. Environmental Science and Technology 2 ...
Telecommunications
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Constant bitrate
Constant bitrate (CBR) is a term used in telecommunications, relating to the quality of service. Compare with variable bitrate.
When referring to codecs, constant bit rate encoding means that the rate at which a codec's output data should be cons ...
, in telecommunication, sound and music formats
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Constraint-based routing, in telecommunication and computer networks
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Content-based routing or router, a type of application-oriented networking
Transport
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Canberra Airport
Canberra Airport is an international airport situated in the District of Majura, Australian Capital Territory serving Australia's capital city, Canberra, as well as the nearby city of Queanbeyan and regional areas of the Australian Capital Te ...
, IATA airport code CBR
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Canberra MRT station
Canberra MRT station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South line, located along Canberra Link at the junction with Canberra Way in Sembawang, Singapore. It is the second infill station on the MRT network (after D ...
, Australia
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Cleburne (Amtrak station)
The Cleburne Intermodal Transportation Depot is an Amtrak train station in Cleburne, Texas, United States.
History
For many years, Cleburne was the site of a major locomotive backshop of the Santa Fe Railroad, and many shop buildings can be see ...
, Texas, USA
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Honda CBR series
The Honda CBR models are a series of Honda sport bikes first introduced in 1983. With the exception of the single-cylinder CBR125R, CBR150R, CBR250R, and CBR300R, all CBR motorcycles have inline engines. Less sporting/general models make up CB ...
, a line of sports motorbikes
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Chesapeake Beach Railway
The Chesapeake Beach Railway (CBR), now defunct, was an American railroad of southern Maryland and Washington, D.C., built in the 19th century. The CBR ran 27.629 miles from Washington, D.C., on tracks formerly owned by the Southern Maryland Rail ...
, a former railroad from Washington, D.C. to Maryland, USA
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Cooksbridge railway station
Cooksbridge railway station serves the village of Cooksbridge in East Sussex. It is on the East Coastway Line, from via . Train services are provided by Southern.
The station is unstaffed. A PERTIS ticket machine was installed in 2008 on bo ...
, in Sussex, England
Other uses
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Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Jacqueline Bailey Rae (; born 26 February 1979) is an English singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 2006 single "Put Your Records On". Bailey Rae was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2006 in an annual BBC po ...
(born 1979), British singer
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Cost-benefit ratio, in economics
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Captive bead ring
A captive bead ring (CBR), ball closure ring (BCR), captive hoop, or captive ball ring is a common example of body piercing jewelry.
The captive bead or ball fits into a small opening in the circle of the ring. The bead is slightly larger than t ...
, a type of body piercing jewelry
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Chesapeake Bay Retriever
The Chesapeake Bay Retriever is a large breed of dog belonging to the retriever, gundog, and sporting breed groups. The breed was developed in the United States Chesapeake Bay area during the 19th century. Historically used by local market hunter ...
, a dog breed
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Crash Bandicoot Racing'', Japanese name for the ''Crash Team Racing'' video game
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Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
Carpathian Biosphere Reserve ( uk, Карпатський біосферний заповідник) is a biosphere reserve that was established as a nature reserve in 1968 and became part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO in 1 ...
, a nature reserve in eastern Europe
See also
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Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence (CBRN defence) are protective measures taken in situations in which chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear warfare (including terrorism) hazards may be present. CBRN defence consis ...
(CBRN), a category of hazardous incidents or weapons
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