CB
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CB (or derivative) may refer to:
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[edit] Architectural/engineering usage
- Block coefficient (Cb), determining fullness of ship's hull.
- Chrysler Building, a skyscraper in New York City, New York.
- Concrete Block, also cinder block, clinker block, or foundation block [US], Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU) [US], breeze block [UK].
[edit] Business usage
- Carte Bancaire, a bank card brand.
- Cell Broadcast in GSM networks.
- IATA airport code for ScotAirways (CB).
- Christianssands Bryggeri, a Norwegian brewery.
[edit] Geo-political usage
- Cambodia, FIPS Pub 10-4 and obsolete NATO digram
- Cambridge, British post code for eastern England served by the Cambridge postal sorting office (see list of UK areas). This is sub-divided into numbered districts (see list of UK districts). These are further sub-divided into individual premises or small groups of premises.
- Children's Bureau within the Administration For Children and Families of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
- Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program, a scholarship for youth exchange between the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany.
- IATA airport code for ScotAirways (CB).
[edit] Military usage
- Companion in The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, title conferred by the British and Commonwealth orders and decorations.
- "Confined to Barracks", acronym in use by various armed forces.
- Construction Battalions, the United States Navy units responsible for constructing airstrips and roadways (see also Seabee).
- CB-series of Large Cruisers, retired US Navy hull classification symbol.
[edit] Popular culture
- Carball, an Unreal Tournament 2004 mod.
- Citizens' band radio.
- Coffee-bitch, used in many offices as an irreverent form of the term gofer.
- Cold beer, commonly used by fraternity members in the Southeastern United States.
- Corned beef.
- Cowboy Bebop, an anime and manga popular in Japan and the United States, often credited with significantly broadening the popularity of anime in the United States.
- Chris Brown (singer), an R&B artist
- Crash Bandicoot, a video game
- Cara-Beth Burnside
[edit] Science/medical usage
- Cannabinoids, a group of substances that bind to animal cannabinoid receptors.
- Columbium, an obsolete abbreviation (now known as niobium).
- Critical bands, the frequency bandwidths of human auditory filters.
- Cumulonimbus cloud (Cb)
[edit] Sports usage
- Centre-back, a defensive position in football (soccer).
- Cornerback, a position in American football.
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