IMB
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IMB is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings:
- IMB is the former New York Stock ExchangeNew York Stock ExchangeThe New York Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at 13.39 trillion as of Dec 2010...
stock symbol for Indymac Bancorp, the parent company of Indymac BankIndyMac BankOneWest Bank is a federal savings bank with 82 retail branches in southern California and approximately $14 billion in deposits as of February 2010....
, the Pasadena, CaliforniaPasadena, CaliforniaPasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
, based federal savings bankFederal Savings BankA federal savings bank is a savings and loan association federally chartered in the United States. They are chartered and regulated by the Treasury Department's Office of Thrift Supervision....
, and Financial Freedom Senior Funding, the Irvine, CaliforniaIrvine, CaliforniaIrvine is a suburban incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28, 1971, the city has a population of 212,375 as of the 2010 census. However, the California...
-based reverse mortgageReverse mortgageA remortgage is a form of equity release available in the United States. It is a loan available to seniors aged 62 or older, under a Federal program administered by HUD. It enables eligible homeowners to access a portion of their equity...
lender.
- The International Maritime BureauInternational Maritime BureauThe International Maritime Bureau is a specialized department of the International Chamber of Commerce.The IMB's responsibilities lie in fighting crimes related to maritime trade and transportation, particularly piracy and commercial fraud, and in protecting the crews of ocean-going vessels.It...
is a specialised bureau of the International Chamber of CommerceInternational Chamber of CommerceThe International Chamber of Commerce is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its hundreds of thousands of member companies in over 130 countries have interests spanning every sector of private enterprise....
, created to fight crimes related to maritime trade and transportation.
- Independent Monitoring BoardIndependent Monitoring BoardIndependent Monitoring Boards are statutory bodies established by the Prison Act 1952 to monitor the welfare of prisoners in the UK to ensure that they are properly cared for within Prison and Immigration Centre rules, whilst in custody and detention...
, a group of officials appointed by the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Home Secretary to monitor and report on the conditions in which prisoners are held in English and Welsh jails.
- Integrated Mobile BroadcastIntegrated Mobile BroadcastIntegrated Mobile Broadcast is a mobile wireless technology that enables broadcast of content at the cellular transmitter level, using the 3G or 4G licenced radio spectrum, and received on mobile terminals....
, a technology for MobileTV application using 3G/4G networks
- The Irvine-Michigan-Brookhaven detectorIrvine-Michigan-Brookhaven (detector)IMB, the Irvine-Michigan-Brookhaven detector, was a nucleon decay experiment and neutrino observatory located in a Morton Salt company's Fairport mine on the shore of Lake Erie in the United States. It was a joint venture of the University of California, Irvine, the University of Michigan, and...
was a nucleon decay detector and neutrinoNeutrinoA neutrino is an electrically neutral, weakly interacting elementary subatomic particle with a half-integer spin, chirality and a disputed but small non-zero mass. It is able to pass through ordinary matter almost unaffected...
observatoryObservatoryAn observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geology, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed...
in Ohio.
- The International Mission BoardInternational Mission BoardThe International Mission Board is a missionary sending agency affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention which operates in virtually every nation except the United States and Canada...
of the Southern Baptist ConventionSouthern Baptist ConventionThe Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
.
- Institute of Marine Biosciences, part of the National Research Council of Canada.
- Intermodule Bus, is a standardized bus developed to facilitate both design and operation of modular microcontrollers.
- Insect Molecular Biology, a scientific journal.
- Intelligent Mail BarcodeIntelligent Mail BarcodeThe Intelligent Mail Barcode is a 65-bar code for use on mail in the United States. The term “Intelligent Mail” refers to services offered by the United States Postal Service for domestic mail delivery. is intended to provide greater information and functionality than its predecessors POSTNET and...
, a 65-bar code applied to mail in the United States.
- Inter-Menstrual Bleeding
- Irish Medicines Board Irish Authority for PharmacovigilancePharmacovigilancePharmacovigilance is the pharmacological science relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects, particularly long term and short term side effects of medicines...
reporting
- IMB - a large banking institution in Australia
- Integrated Mobile BroadcastIntegrated Mobile BroadcastIntegrated Mobile Broadcast is a mobile wireless technology that enables broadcast of content at the cellular transmitter level, using the 3G or 4G licenced radio spectrum, and received on mobile terminals....
is a technology, defined as a part of the 3GPP Rel. 8 standard, which enables spectrally-efficient delivery of Broadcast services using TDD radio techniques. This is achieved using technical specifications that are greatly aligned with existing FDD WCDMA unicast technology, which in turn allows for smooth handover between IMB delivery and unicast.