TB or Tb may refer to:
Science and technology
Computing
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Terabyte
The byte is a units of information, unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character (computing), character of text in a computer and for this ...
(TB), a unit of information (often measuring storage capacity)
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Terabit
The bit is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communications. The name is a portmanteau of binary digit. The bit represents a logical state with one of two possible values. These values are most commonly represented a ...
(Tb), a unit of information (often measuring data transfer)
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Thunderbolt (interface)
Thunderbolt is the brand name of a Interface (computing)#Hardware interfaces, hardware interface for the connection of external peripherals to a computer. It has been developed by Intel, in collaboration with Apple Inc., Apple. It was initially ...
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Test bench
A test bench or testing workbench is an environment used to verify the correctness or soundness of a design or model.
The term has its roots in the testing of electronic devices, where an engineer would sit at a lab bench with tools for measurem ...
Vehicles
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T.B. (Thompson Brothers)
T.B. was a three-wheeled cyclecar manufactured by the aircraft department of Thompson Brothers of Bilston, England, from 1919 until 1924. A prototype four-wheel car never entered production. Approximately 150 cars were produced of which only one ...
, a three-wheeled cyclecar manufactured by Thompson Brothers of Bilston, England, from 1919 until 1924
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Torpedo boat
A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs were steam-powered craft dedicated to ramming enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes. Later evolutions launched variants of se ...
, a relatively small and fast naval vessel designed to carry torpedoes into battle
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Boeing TB, an American torpedo bomber biplane designed by the US Navy and built by Boeing in 1927
Other uses in science and technology
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Terbium
Terbium is a chemical element with the symbol Tb and atomic number 65. It is a silvery-white, rare earth metal that is malleable, and ductile. The ninth member of the lanthanide series, terbium is a fairly electropositive metal that reacts with wa ...
, symbol Tb, a chemical element
* Terrific broth, a bacterial
growth medium
A growth medium or culture medium is a solid, liquid, or semi-solid designed to support the growth of a population of microorganisms or cells via the process of cell proliferation or small plants like the moss ''Physcomitrella patens''. Differen ...
for ''E. coli''
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Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in ...
(TB), a chronic infectious disease
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Tubercle bacillus
''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (M. tb) is a species of pathogenic bacteria in the family Mycobacteriaceae and the causative agent of tuberculosis. First discovered in 1882 by Robert Koch, ''M. tuberculosis'' has an unusual, waxy coating on its c ...
'', another name for ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'', the pathogen causing tuberculosis.
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Brightness temperature
Brightness temperature or radiance temperature is the temperature at which a black body in thermal equilibrium with its surroundings would have to be in order to duplicate the observed intensity of a grey body object at a frequency \nu.
This con ...
(T
b), in astrophysics
Sports
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TB Tvøroyri
TB or Tb may refer to:
Science and technology Computing
* Terabyte (TB), a unit of information (often measuring storage capacity)
* Terabit (Tb), a unit of information (often measuring data transfer)
* Thunderbolt (interface)
* Test bench
Vehicl ...
(Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag), a Faroese football club from Tvøroyri
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) NFC South, South divisio ...
, a professional American football team in the Tampa Bay Area
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Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. They play th ...
, a professional ice hockey team in the Tampa Bay Area
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Tampa Bay Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. Since its inception ...
, a professional baseball team in the Tampa Bay Area
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Total bases
In baseball statistics, total bases is the number of bases a player gains with hits. It is a weighted sum with values of 1 for a single, 2 for a double, 3 for a triple and 4 for a home run. For example, three singles is three total bases, while ...
, a baseball statistic
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Tom Brady
Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots organization, with which ...
, professional football quarterback
Other uses
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Tablespoon
A tablespoon (tbsp. , Tbsp. , Tb. , or T.) is a large spoon. In many English-speaking regions, the term now refers to a large spoon used for serving; however, in some regions, it is the largest type of spoon used for eating.
By extension, the ter ...
(tb), a rough, culinary unit of volume
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Tommy Brown (record producer)
Thomas Lee Brown (born May 1, 1986), also known as TBHits, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper. Brown currently lives in LA and was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is an ASCAP award winner and a Grammy nominee. H ...
(also known as TB or TB Hits), American record producer and songwriter
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Taco Bell
Taco Bell is an American-based chain of fast food restaurants founded in 1962 by Glen Bell (1923–2010) in Downey, California. Taco Bell is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. The restaurants serve a variety of Mexican-inspired foods, includi ...
, an American chain of fast-food restaurants
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Teboil
Oy Teboil Ab is an oil company in Finland, engaged in the marketing, sales and distribution of petroleum products and operation of filling and service stations. It is a subsidiary of the Russian company Lukoil.
History
Teboil was established b ...
(until 1966 TB), a Finnish gas station company
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Tekkaman Blade
is a 1992 Japanese anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Production and Sotsu Agency. The series was directed by Hiroshi Negishi and written by Mayori Sekijima and Satoru Akahori. The story follows an organization called the Spa ...
, a Japanese animated TV series
Places in the United States
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TB, Maryland
TB is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, in the U.S. state of Maryland, near the intersection of highways MD 5 and US 301
U.S. Route 301 (US 301) is a spur of U.S. Route 1 running through the South Atlantic States. ...
, an unincorporated community
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Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and shallow estuary connected to the Gulf of Mexico on the west-central coast of Florida, comprising Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, Old Tampa Bay, Middle Tampa Bay, and Lower Tampa Bay. The largest freshwater in ...
, Florida
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