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 ''One Hot Minute'' is the sixth studio album by American Rock music, 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) c ...

'' 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 a heavy object (also called a "weight" or "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 ...

, the mass at the end of a pendulum * BOB (psychedelic), a drug *

Alice and Bob Alice and Bob are fictional characters commonly used as placeholders in discussions about cryptography, cryptographic systems and Cryptographic protocol, protocols, and in other science and engineering literature where there are several partici ...

, placeholder characters in cryptography and physics problems * Blitter object, a graphics construct * Hurricane Bob (disambiguation) *

Microsoft Bob Microsoft Bob was a Microsoft software product intended to provide a more user-friendly interface for the Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems, supplanting the Windows Program Manager. The program was released on March 10, ...

, 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 Berlin Operations Base (a.k.a. Berlin Operating Base, B.O.B., or BOB) was the headquarters of the CIA (and its predecessor organizations) in West Berlin during the Cold War. Established by the Office of Strategic Services, OSS on 4 July 1945, BO ...

, 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 A printed circuit board (PCB), also called printed wiring board (PWB), is a Lamination, laminated sandwich structure of electrical conduction, conductive and Insulator (electricity), insulating layers, each with a pattern of traces, planes ...

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 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

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

shilling The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currency, currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 1 ...

* Bob, short for

bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobslei ...

or bobsled * Bob cut, a hairstyle