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

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 (given name), Bobby. The name most likely originated from the hypocorism Rob, short for Robert. Rhyming names were popular in the Middle Ages, so ''R ...

, a list of people and fictional characters * Bob (surname) * Bob (dog), a dog that received the Dickin Medal for bravery in World War II * Bob the Railway Dog, a part of South Australian Railways folklore

Places

* Mount Bob, New York, United States * Bob Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica

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

Music

Musicians and groups

* B.o.B (born 1988), American rapper and record producer * Bob (band), a British indie pop band * The Bobs, 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'' by the Drive-By Truckers *"Bob", a song from the album '' White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean'' by NOFX *"Bob", a song from the album '' Pork Soda'' by Primus *"Bob", a song from the album '' One Hot Minute'' by the Red Hot Chili Peppers *"The Bob (Medley)", a song from Roxy Music's self-titled album

Science and technology

* Bob (physics), the mass at the end of a pendulum * BOB (psychedelic), a drug * Alice and Bob, placeholder characters in cryptography and physics problems * Blitter object, a graphics construct * Hurricane Bob (disambiguation) * Microsoft Bob, a software product

Acronyms

* Bank of Baroda, in India * Bank of Botswana * Bank One Ballpark, now Chase Field * Bayerische Oberlandbahn, a private German railway company * Beijing Olympic Broadcasting * Bend Over Boyfriend, slang term for a sexual practice * Berlin Operating Base, the CIA station in Berlin during the Cold War * Berner Oberland Bahn, a mountain railway in Switzerland * Best of Biotech, 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 ISO 639-3 code * Bolivian boliviano ISO 4217 currency code * Bora Bora Airport IATA code

Other uses

* 1st Bangor Old Boys F.C., Northern Irish football club * Bob, a slang term in Great Britain for the pre-decimal coin, the shilling * Bob, short for

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or bobsled * Bob cut, a hairstyle