CB and variants may refer to:
Places
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CB postcode area
The CB postcode area, also known as the Cambridge postcode area, is a group of sixteen postcode districts in the east of England, within five post towns. These cover much of south and east Cambridgeshire (including Cambridge and Ely, Cambridge ...
, British post code for eastern England served by the Cambridge postal sorting office
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Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
(LOC MARC code, obsolete FIPS Pub 10-4 country code and obsolete NATO digram CB)
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Cape Breton (disambiguation)
Cape Breton Island is an island in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, in Canada.
Cape Breton may also refer to:
Places On Cape Breton Island
* Cape Breton, a cape at the eastern tip of Cape Breton Island, Canada
* Cape Breton Highlands, a ...
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Centura București
Centura București (), sometimes referred to as the DNCB, is a national-class road in Romania, circling the capital city of Bucharest. It is not to be mistaken with the partially opened Bucharest Ring Motorway (), which encircles the city at a ...
, a ring road of Bucharest, Romania
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Colegio Bolivar, an American school in Cali, Colombia
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Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay () is a town, Community (Wales), community and seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales overlooking the Irish Sea. It lies within the historic counties of Wales, historic county boundaries of Denbighshire (h ...
, Wales
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Province of Campobasso
The province of Campobasso (; ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Molise region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Campobasso. It covers an area of and has a total population of 223,871 (2017). There are 84 ''comuni'' (: ''comune'') in ...
, Italy
* ČB –
České Budějovice
České Budějovice (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše.
České Budějovice is the largest ...
, Czech Republic
People
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Chris Brown
Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. A Pop music, pop and hip-hop-influenced contemporary R&B, R&B musician who works in a variety of genres, he has been called the "Honorific nic ...
(born 1989), American R&B singer
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Chris Bosh
Christopher Wesson Bosh (born March 24, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player. A Texas Mr. Basketball in high school, he played one season of college basketball for Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball, Georgia Tech ...
(born 1984), American basketball player
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Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman ( né Campbell; 7 September 183622 April 1908) was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908. ...
(1836–1908), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1906–1908, widely referred to by his surname initials
* ''Chauncey the Bear'', a imaginary friend in 2024 film ''
Imaginary''
Brands and enterprises
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Carte Bancaire
The CB Bank Card Group (), also known as simply CB, is France's national interbank network, with over 46,000 ATMs and over 1 million EFTPOS acceptance points.
''Carte Bleue'' Visa is a brand often associated with CB. In fact, all Carte Bleue ...
, a bank card brand
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Christianssands Bryggeri
Christianssands Bryggeri (or CB, Kristiansand's Brewery) is a Norwegian brewery centred in Kristiansand. Together with Hansa Bryggeri in Bergen and Borg Bryggerier in Sarpsborg it makes up Hansa Borg Bryggerier AS, which is the second largest ...
, a Norwegian brewery
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ScotAirways (IATA airline code CB)
Business and financial terms
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Capacity building
Capacity building (or capacity development, capacity strengthening) is the improvement in an individual's or organization's facility (or capability) "to produce, perform or deploy". The terms capacity building and capacity development have often ...
, the process by which individuals and organizations obtain, improve, and retain the skills and knowledge needed to undertake their tasks
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Certification body
Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply ''certification'' or ''qualification'', is a designation earned by a person to assure qualification to perform a job or task. Not all certifications ...
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Chargeback
A chargeback is a return of money to a Payment, payer of a transaction, especially a credit card transaction. Most commonly the payer is a consumer. The chargeback reverses a Electronic funds transfer, money transfer from the consumer's bank acc ...
, a reversal of a banking or credit card transaction
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Convertible bond
In finance, a convertible bond, convertible note, or convertible debt (or a convertible debenture if it has a maturity of greater than 10 years) is a type of bond that the holder can convert into a specified number of shares of common stock in ...
, a type of bond that can convert into a specified number of shares
Science and technology
Computing and telecommunications
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Cell Broadcast
Cell Broadcast (CB) is a method of simultaneously sending Short Message Service, short messages to multiple mobile telephone users in a defined area. It is defined by the ETSI's GSM committee and 3GPP and is part of the 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G standa ...
, in GSM mobile networks
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Citizens band radio
Citizens band radio (CB radio) is a land mobile radio system, a system allowing short-distance one-to-many bidirectional voice communication among individuals, using two-way radios operating near 27 MHz (or the 11-m wavelength) in the high freq ...
(CB radio), a system of short-distance radio communications
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Closed beta
The software release life cycle is the process of developing, testing, and distributing a software product (e.g., an operating system). It typically consists of several stages, such as pre-alpha, alpha, beta, and release candidate, before the fi ...
, a software development stage or testing process
Other uses in science and technology
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Cannabinoids
Cannabinoids () are several structural classes of compounds found primarily in the ''Cannabis'' plant or as synthetic compounds. The most notable cannabinoid is the phytocannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) (delta-9-THC), the primary psychoa ...
, a group of substances that bind to animal cannabinoid receptors
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Circuit breaker
A circuit breaker is an electrical safety device designed to protect an Electrical network, electrical circuit from damage caused by current in excess of that which the equipment can safely carry (overcurrent). Its basic function is to interr ...
, an automatic electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by overcurrent
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Columbium
Niobium is a chemical element; it has symbol Nb (formerly columbium, Cb) and atomic number 41. It is a light grey, crystalline, and ductile transition metal. Pure niobium has a Mohs hardness rating similar to pure titanium, and it has similar ...
(Cb), an obsolete name for the element niobium
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Conduction band
In solid-state physics, the valence band and conduction band are the bands closest to the Fermi level, and thus determine the electrical conductivity of the solid. In nonmetals, the valence band is the highest range of electron energies in ...
of the electrons in a (semiconducting) solid
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Confirmation bias
Confirmation bias (also confirmatory bias, myside bias, or congeniality bias) is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or Value (ethics and social sciences), val ...
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Cumulonimbus cloud
Cumulonimbus () is a dense, towering, vertical cloud, typically forming from water vapor condensing in the lower troposphere that builds upward carried by powerful buoyant air currents. Above the lower portions of the cumulonimbus the water ...
(Cb), a type of cloud that is tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather
Sea vessels
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CB-class midget submarine
The CB class was a group of midget submarines built for the Regia Marina, Italian Navy during World War II. However, they were also used by several other navies, seeing action in the Mediterranean and in the Black Sea.
Construction and specificat ...
, a group of midget submarines built for the Italian Navy during World War II
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Block coefficient
A hull is the watertight body of a ship, boat, submarine, or flying boat. The hull may open at the top (such as a dinghy), or it may be fully or partially covered with a deck. Atop the deck may be a deckhouse and other superstructures, such as ...
(C
b), a parameter describing the shape of a ship's hull
* A retired US Navy hull classification symbol:
Large cruiser (CB)
Sports
Positions
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Centre-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...
, a defensive position in association football
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Cornerback
A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football. Cornerbacks cover Wide receiver, receivers most of the time, but also blitz and defend against such Play from scrimmage, offensive running plays as sweep ...
, a position in American football
Teams
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Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. They are one of two remaining ...
, a team in the National Football League
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Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team was founded on January 16 ...
, a team in the National Basketball Association
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Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. The Browns compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC North, North division. The team is named after ...
, a team in the National Football League
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Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati. The Bengals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC North, North division. The team plays its h ...
, a team in the National Football League
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Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago. The Blackhawks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (N ...
, a team in the National Hockey League
Titles
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Chief Baron of the Exchequer
The Chief Baron of the Exchequer was the first "baron" (meaning judge) of the English Exchequer of Pleas. "In the absence of both the Treasurer of the Exchequer or First Lord of the Treasury, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it was he who pres ...
, the chief judge of the Court of Exchequer, an abolished English court
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Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725. Recipients of the Order are usually senior military officers or senior civil servants, and the monarch awards it on the advice of His ...
, a title conferred to British and Commonwealth citizens
Other uses
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2020 Singapore circuit breaker measures, commonly abbreviated as CB, a stay-at-home order implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
*CB, dominical letter for a
leap year starting on Friday
A leap year starting on Friday is any year with 366 days (i.e. it includes 29 February) that begins on Friday 1 January and ends on Saturday 31 December. Its dominical letters hence are CB. The most recent year of such kind was 2016, and the next ...
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Casus belli
A (; ) is an act or an event that either provokes or is used to justify a war. A ''casus belli'' involves direct offenses or threats against the nation declaring the war, whereas a ' involves offenses or threats against its ally—usually one bou ...
'', a Latin expression meaning reason for war
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Construction Battalion
United States Naval Construction Battalions, better known as the Navy Seabees, form the U.S. Naval Construction Forces (NCF). The Seabee nickname is a heterograph of the initial letters "CB" from the words "Construction Battalion". Dependi ...
(CB or "Seabee"), a United States Navy unit responsible for any type of construction be it general or combat on land or under water.
*Curveball, a music festival hosted by the band
Phish
Phish is an American rock band formed in Burlington, Vermont, in 1983. The band consists of guitarist Trey Anastasio, bassist Mike Gordon, drummer Jon Fishman, and keyboardist Page McConnell, all of whom perform vocals, with Anastasio being the ...
*Cone Beam (especially CBCT;
Cone beam computed tomography
Cone beam computed tomography (or CBCT, also referred to as C-arm CT, cone beam volume CT, flat panel CT or Digital Volume Tomography (DVT)) is a medical imaging technique consisting of X-ray computed tomography where the X-rays are divergent, ...
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*Cumulative Bulletin, an annual compilation of the ''
Internal Revenue Bulletin
The ''Internal Revenue Bulletin'' (also known as the ''IRB''), is a weekly publication of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service that announces "official rulings and procedures of the Internal Revenue Service and for publishing Treasury Decisions, Execu ...
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See also
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Câ™ (musical note)
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Câ™ major
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C-flat minor
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