GB
Encyclopedia
Geography
- GabonGabonGabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...
(FIPS 10-4 and NATO (obsolete) country code: GA), a country in West Africa - Great BritainGreat BritainGreat Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
, an island in Europe - Guinea Bissau (casual abbreviation G.B.), a country in West Africa
- Green Bay, WisconsinGreen Bay, WisconsinGreen Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...
, a city in Wisconsin, USA - Great Barrington, MassachusettsGreat Barrington, MassachusettsGreat Barrington is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,104 at the 2010 census. Both a summer resort and home to Ski Butternut, Great Barrington includes the villages of Van...
, (Casually referred to as "GB"), a town in Massachusetts, USA - Great BritainGreat BritainGreat Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
, the traditional 'short form' name and ISO 3166 country code for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Gilgit-Baltistan
Language
- Gb (digraph), a digraph in the Latin alphabet
- Government and binding, theory by Noam Chomsky
Science
- SarinSarinSarin, or GB, is an organophosphorus compound with the formula [2CHO]CH3PF. It is a colorless, odorless liquid, which is used as a chemical weapon. It has been classified as a weapon of mass destruction in UN Resolution 687...
, nerve gas (NATO designation: GB) - Guillain-Barré syndromeGuillain-Barré syndromeGuillain–Barré syndrome , sometimes called Landry's paralysis, is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy , a disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system. Ascending paralysis, weakness beginning in the feet and hands and migrating towards the trunk, is the most typical symptom...
, acute inflammatory polyneuropathy - Gigabase (Gb), a unit of length for DNA
Electronics and computing
- GigabitGigabitThe gigabit is a multiple of the unit bit for digital information or computer storage. The prefix giga is defined in the International System of Units as a multiplier of 109 , and therefore...
(Gb), a unit of information used, for example, to quantify computer memory or storage capacity - GigabyteGigabyteThe gigabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage. The prefix giga means 109 in the International System of Units , therefore 1 gigabyte is...
(GB), a unit of information used, for example, to quantify computer memory or storage capacity - Gain-bandwidth productGain-bandwidth productThe gain–bandwidth product for an amplifier is the product of the amplifier's bandwidth, and the gain at which the bandwidth is measured....
(GB or GBW), product of amplifier midband gain and bandwidth (e.g., unity-gain frequency of frequency compensated operational amplifiers) - Game Boy lineGame Boy lineThe line is a line of battery-powered handheld game console sold by Nintendo. It is one of the world's best-selling game system lines with a combined 200+ million units sold worldwide....
, a line of handheld video game consoles - GB 2312GB 2312GB2312 is the registered internet name for a key official character set of the People's Republic of China, used for simplified Chinese characters...
or GB 18030GB 18030GB18030 is a Chinese government standard describing the required language and character support necessary for software in China. In addition to the "GB18030 code page" this standard contains requirements about which scripts must be supported, font support, etc....
, two encoding schemes for rendering Simplified Chinese characters - GarageBandGarageBandGarageBand is a software application for Mac OS X and iOS that allows users to create music or podcasts. It is developed by Apple Inc. as a part of the iLife software package on Mac OS X.-Audio recording:...
, a music editing software designed for Mac OS X by Apple Computer
Transportation
- GB, the international vehicle registration code for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- GB AirwaysGB AirwaysGB Airways was a UK airline; prior to its dissolution it was headquartered in "The Beehive," a former terminal building, at City Place Gatwick, London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex, England. It operated scheduled services as a British Airways franchise to 30 destinations in Europe and...
- ABX AirABX AirABX Air, Inc., formerly Airborne Express, is a cargo airline headquartered at Wilmington Air Park in unincorporated Clinton County, Ohio, United States, near the City of Wilmington. ABX Air operates scheduled, ad hoc charter and ACMI freight services. It also provides flight support services and...
(IATA airline designator: GB)
Food
- GB GlaceGB Glacethumb|"GB-gubben", the company mascotGB Glace is the largest ice cream company in Sweden. It was founded in 1942, and was purchased by the Anglo-Dutch company Unilever in 1996...
, a Swedish ice cream company - Griesedieck Brothers beerGriesedieck Brothers beerGriesedieck Brothers Beer is a historic St. Louis beer brand that has been reintroduced after years of absence. The Griesedieck family once owned three St. Louis area breweries, Griesedieck Brothers Brewery, Griesedieck Western Brewery Co...
- GB SupermarketsGB SupermarketsGB Supermarkets is a Belgian corporation and chain of supermarkets, which now belongs to Carrefour SA. It was founded in 1958 with the opening of a Super GB. It also runs smaller convenience store sized locations called GB Express...
, a Belgian chain
Other uses
- Games behindGames behindIn sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
, a number used in sport statistics to reflect the gap between two teams - Girls' BrigadeGirls' BrigadeThe Girls' Brigade is an international and interdenominational Christian youth organization. It was founded in 1893 in Dublin, Ireland. The modern organization was formed as the result of the amalgamation of three like-minded and similarly structured organizations in 1964...
, a Christian organization for girls. - Grande BibliothèqueGrande BibliothèqueThe Grande Bibliothèque is a very large public library in Downtown Montreal, Quebec. Its collection is part of Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec , Quebec's national library.Membership in the library is free to all residents of Quebec...
, a large public library in Montreal - University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
- GuobiaoGuobiaoGuóbiāo is usually the phonetic transcription of the word "National Standards" in Chinese.It could mean any of the standards issued by the Standardization Administration of China , the Chinese National Committee of the ISO and IEC....
, Chinese National Standards - GunBoundGunBoundGunBound is a free-to-play, turn-based, room-to-room, multiplayer online game with many similar features to the popular Worms game series....
, a computer game - Gardner BenderGardner Bender- External links :*....
, a manufacturer of professional electrician's tools and supplies - Glenn BeckGlenn BeckGlenn Edward Lee Beck is an American conservative radio host, vlogger, author, entrepreneur, political commentator and former television host. He hosts the Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks...