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* B10: UA – (i) ''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]]'' |
* B10: UA – (i) ''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]]'' |
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* B2B – (i) [[Business-to-business electronic commerce]] |
* B2B – (i) [[Business-to-business electronic commerce]] |
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* B2C – (i) [[Business-to-consumer electronic commerce]] |
* B2C – (i) [[Business-to-consumer|Business-to-consumer electronic commerce]] |
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* B2E – (i) [[Business-to-employee electronic commerce]] |
* B2E – (i) [[Business-to-employee electronic commerce]] |
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* B2M – [[Business to many]] |
* B2M – [[Business to many]] |
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**[[British Army]] |
**[[British Army]] |
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**[[Bank of America]] |
**[[Bank of America]] |
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* [[BAA (disambiguation)|BAA]] – (i) British Airport Authority |
* [[BAA (disambiguation)|BAA]] – (i) [[British Airport Authority]] |
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* [[BAC (disambiguation)|BAC]] – (a) [[Blood alcohol content]] |
* [[BAC (disambiguation)|BAC]] – (a) [[Blood alcohol content]] |
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** [[British Aircraft Corporation]] |
** [[British Aircraft Corporation]] |
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* [[Boxing After Dark|BAD]] |
* [[Boxing After Dark|BAD]] – [[HBO Boxing After Dark|(HBO) Boxing After Dark]] |
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* [[BADD (disambiguation)|BADD]] – (a) [[Battlefield Awareness and Data Dissemination]] |
* [[BADD (disambiguation)|BADD]] – (a) [[Battlefield Awareness and Data Dissemination]] |
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* [[BAE]] – (p) [[BAE Systems]] (formerly British Aerospace, BAe) |
* [[BAE]] – (p) [[BAE Systems]] (formerly British Aerospace, BAe) |
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* [[BAT (disambiguation)|BAT]] – (a/i) [[Basic Aid Training]] |
* [[BAT (disambiguation)|BAT]] – (a/i) [[Basic Aid Training]] |
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** (a) [[British American Tobacco]], London, England |
** (a) [[British American Tobacco]], London, England |
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** (a) [[British Antarctic Territory]] (overseas territory) |
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* [[BATF]] – (i) U.S. [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms]] |
* [[BATF]] – (i) U.S. [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms]] |
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* [[BATS (disambiguation)|BATS]] – |
* [[BATS (disambiguation)|BATS]] – |
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* [[BBB (disambiguation)|BBB]] |
* [[BBB (disambiguation)|BBB]] |
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** (i) [[Better Business Bureau]] |
** (i) [[Better Business Bureau]] |
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** [[Big Black Cowboy]] |
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** [[Blood–brain barrier]] |
** [[Blood–brain barrier]] |
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** (p/i) ''[[Farmer–Citizen Movement|BoerBurgerBeweging]]'' (Dutch, "Farmer–Citizen Movement"; Dutch political party) |
** (p/i) ''[[Farmer–Citizen Movement|BoerBurgerBeweging]]'' (Dutch, "Farmer–Citizen Movement"; Dutch political party) |
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** (a) Bowel Bladder Dysfunction |
** (a) Bowel Bladder Dysfunction |
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* [[BBL (disambiguation)|BBL]] |
* [[BBL (disambiguation)|BBL]] |
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** (i) Be Back Later |
** (i) [[Online chat|Be Back Later]] |
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** (i) [[Gluteoplasty|Brazilian Butt Lift]] |
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** [[North American Bird Banding Program|Bird Banding Laboratory]] |
** [[North American Bird Banding Program|Bird Banding Laboratory]] |
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** [[British Basketball League]] |
** [[British Basketball League]] |
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** Before [[Common Era]] |
** Before [[Common Era]] |
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* [[BCER]] – (i) [[British Columbia Electric Railway]] |
* [[BCER]] – (i) [[British Columbia Electric Railway]] |
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* [[BCFG]] – (s) Patchy Fog (METAR Code) |
* [[BCFG]] – (s) Patchy Fog ([[METAR]] Code) |
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* [[BCIS (fratricide avoidance system)]] – (i) [[Battlefield Combat Identification System]] |
* [[BCIS (fratricide avoidance system)]] – (i) [[Battlefield Combat Identification System]] |
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* [[BCLL]] – (a) [[Bibliography of Celtic Latin Literature]] |
* [[BCLL]] – (a) [[Bibliography of Celtic Latin Literature]] |
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* [[BCOL]] – (i) [[British Columbia Railway]] |
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* [[BCPL]] – (i) [[BCPL|Basic Combined Programming Language]] (progenitor of [[C programming language|C]]) |
* [[BCPL]] – (i) [[BCPL|Basic Combined Programming Language]] (progenitor of [[C programming language|C]]) |
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* [[BCS (disambiguation)|BCS]] |
* [[BCS (disambiguation)|BCS]] |
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** (i) [[Body Dysmorphic Disorder]] |
** (i) [[Body Dysmorphic Disorder]] |
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** British Defence Doctrine |
** British Defence Doctrine |
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* Bde – (s) [[Brigade]] |
* [[BDE (disambiguation)|Bde]] – (s) [[Brigade]] |
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* [[BDFL]] – (i) Benevolent Dictator For Life |
* [[BDFL]] – (i) Benevolent Dictator For Life |
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* [[BDI (disambiguation)|BDI]] – (s) [[Burundi]] (ISO 3166 trigram) |
* [[BDI (disambiguation)|BDI]] – (s) [[Burundi]] (ISO 3166 trigram) |
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** (s) Bangladeshi [[taka]] ([[ISO 4217]] currency code) |
** (s) Bangladeshi [[taka]] ([[ISO 4217]] currency code) |
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** (i) ''Bureau de développement des télécommunications'' ([[Telecommunication Development Bureau]], became [[ITU-D]]) |
** (i) ''Bureau de développement des télécommunications'' ([[Telecommunication Development Bureau]], became [[ITU-D]]) |
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* [[BDU (disambiguation)|BDU]] – (i) Battle-Dress Uniform |
* [[BDU (disambiguation)|BDU]] – (i) [[Battle Dress Uniform|Battle-Dress Uniform]] |
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==BE== |
==BE== |
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* [[Bess (disambiguation)|BESS]] – (i) Business, Education, and Social Sciences |
* [[Bess (disambiguation)|BESS]] – (i) Business, Education, and Social Sciences |
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* [[BET (disambiguation)|BET]] – (a/i) [[Black Entertainment Television]] |
* [[BET (disambiguation)|BET]] – (a/i) [[Black Entertainment Television]] |
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* [[BETS]] – (a) [[Bradley Embedded Training System]] |
* [[Bets (disambiguation)|BETS]] – (a) [[Bradley Embedded Training System]] |
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* [[Bev (disambiguation)|BEV]] |
* [[Bev (disambiguation)|BEV]] |
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** (i) [[Battery electric vehicle]] |
** (i) [[Battery electric vehicle]] |
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* [[BGN (disambiguation)|BGN]] – (i) U.S. [[Board on Geographic Names]] – (s) [[Bulgarian lev]] ([[ISO 4217]] currency code) |
* [[BGN (disambiguation)|BGN]] – (i) U.S. [[Board on Geographic Names]] – (s) [[Bulgarian lev]] ([[ISO 4217]] currency code) |
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* [[BGR (disambiguation)|BGR]] – (s) [[Bulgaria]] (ISO 3166 trigram) |
* [[BGR (disambiguation)|BGR]] – (s) [[Bulgaria]] (ISO 3166 trigram) |
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* [[BGS (disambiguation)|BGS]] – (i) [[Bristol Grammar School]] – [[British |
* [[BGS (disambiguation)|BGS]] – (i) [[Bristol Grammar School]] – [[British Geological Survey]] |
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* [[BGWG]] – (p) [[Battle Group Wargame]] (military simulation; "big wig") |
* [[BGWG]] – (p) [[Battle Group Wargame]] (military simulation; "big wig") |
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* [[BIH (disambiguation)|bih]] – (s) [[Bihari languages]] (ISO 639-2 code) |
* [[BIH (disambiguation)|bih]] – (s) [[Bihari languages]] (ISO 639-2 code) |
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* [[BIH (disambiguation)|BIH]] – (s) [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (ISO 3166 trigram) |
* [[BIH (disambiguation)|BIH]] – (s) [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (ISO 3166 trigram) |
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* [[BIOS]] – (a) [[Basic Input/Output System]] – [http://www.bios.org.uk British Institute of Organ Studies] |
* [[BIOS (disambiguation)|BIOS]] – (a) [[Basic Input/Output System]] – [http://www.bios.org.uk British Institute of Organ Studies] |
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* [[BIP (disambiguation)|BIP]] – (a) Battlefield Interoperability Programme (ancestor of MIP) – Broadcast incremental power algorithm |
* [[BIP (disambiguation)|BIP]] – (a) Battlefield Interoperability Programme (ancestor of MIP) – Broadcast incremental power algorithm |
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* [[Bislama language|bis]] – (s) [[Bislami language]] (ISO 639-2 code) |
* [[Bislama language|bis]] – (s) [[Bislami language]] (ISO 639-2 code) |
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** (p) [[Bankrupt]] (most often seen as "gone BK") |
** (p) [[Bankrupt]] (most often seen as "gone BK") |
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** (s) [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (FIPS 10-4 country code) |
** (s) [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (FIPS 10-4 country code) |
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* [[BKN]] – (s) Broken Sky (METAR Code) |
* [[BKN (disambiguation)|BKN]] – (s) Broken Sky ([[METAR]] Code) |
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==BL== |
==BL== |
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** (i) [[British Leyland]] |
** (i) [[British Leyland]] |
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* [[BLCSE]] – (i) Battle Laboratory Constructive Simulation Environment |
* [[BLCSE]] – (i) Battle Laboratory Constructive Simulation Environment |
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* [[BLDU]] – (s) Blowing Dust (METAR Code) |
* [[BLDU]] – (s) Blowing Dust ([[METAR]] Code) |
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* [[BLEVE]] – (a) Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion ("blevy") |
* [[BLEVE]] – (a) Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion ("blevy") |
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* [[BLK (disambiguation)|BLK]] – (i) ''[[Basket Liga Kobiet]]'' (Polish, "Women's Basketball League") |
* [[BLK (disambiguation)|BLK]] – (i) ''[[Basket Liga Kobiet]]'' (Polish, "Women's Basketball League") |
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* [[BLM (disambiguation)|BLM]] |
* [[BLM (disambiguation)|BLM]] – (a) [[Black Lives Matter]] |
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* BLOB – (p) [[Binary large object|Binary Large OBject]] |
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* [[BLR (disambiguation)|BLR]] – (s) [[Belarus]] (ISO 3166 trigram) |
* [[BLR (disambiguation)|BLR]] – (s) [[Belarus]] (ISO 3166 trigram) |
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* BLSA – (s) Blowing Sand (METAR Code) |
* [[BLSA (disambiguation)|BLSA]] – (s) Blowing Sand (METAR Code) |
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* [[BLRSI]] – Battle Lab Reconfigurable Simulator (U.S. Army) |
* [[BLRSI]] – Battle Lab Reconfigurable Simulator (U.S. Army) |
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* [[BLSN]] – (s) Blowing Snow (METAR Code) |
* [[BLSN]] – (s) Blowing Snow (METAR Code) |
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==BM== |
==BM== |
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* [[BM (disambiguation)|bm]] – (s) [[Bambara language]] (ISO 639-1 code) |
* [[BM (disambiguation)|bm]] – (s) [[Bambara language]] (ISO 639-1 code) |
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* [[BM (disambiguation)|BM]] – (i) Battle Management – (s) [[Bermuda]] (ISO 3166 digram) – [[Myanmar]] (FIPS 10-4 country code; from ''Burma'') |
* [[BM (disambiguation)|BM]] – (i) [[Battle Management]] – (s) [[Bermuda]] (ISO 3166 digram) – [[Myanmar]] (FIPS 10-4 country code; from ''Burma'') |
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* [[BMA (disambiguation)|BMA]] – (i) [[British Medical Association]] |
* [[BMA (disambiguation)|BMA]] – (i) [[British Medical Association]] |
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* [[BMCC]] – (i) [[Borough of Manhattan Community College]] |
* [[BMCC]] – (i) [[Borough of Manhattan Community College]] |
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* [[BML (disambiguation)|BML]] – (i) [[Battle management language|Battle Management Language]] |
* [[BML (disambiguation)|BML]] – (i) [[Battle management language|Battle Management Language]] |
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* [[BMNT]] – (i) Begin Morning Nautical Twilight |
* [[BMNT]] – (i) Begin Morning Nautical Twilight |
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* [[BMP |
* [[BMP development|BMP]] – (i) ''Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoti'' (Russian Боевая Машина Пехоты, "Combat Vehicle for the Infantry") †<ref name="milparade1"/> |
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* [[BMR (disambiguation)|BMR]] – (i) [[Basal metabolic rate]] – ''Bronirovannaya Mashina Razminirovaniya'' (Russian Бронированная Машина Разминирования, "Armoured Vehicle for Mine-Clearing") †<ref name="milparade1"/> |
* [[BMR (disambiguation)|BMR]] – (i) [[Basal metabolic rate]] – ''Bronirovannaya Mashina Razminirovaniya'' (Russian Бронированная Машина Разминирования, "Armoured Vehicle for Mine-Clearing") †<ref name="milparade1"/> |
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* [[BMU (disambiguation)|BMU]] – (s) [[Bermuda]] (ISO 3166 trigram) |
* [[BMU (disambiguation)|BMU]] – (s) [[Bermuda]] (ISO 3166 trigram) |
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** (s) [[Brunei]] (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) |
** (s) [[Brunei]] (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) |
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** (i) [[Barisan Nasional]] (Malaysia) |
** (i) [[Barisan Nasional]] (Malaysia) |
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** (i) [[Burlington Northern]] |
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* [[BND (disambiguation)|BND]] – (s) Brunei [[dollar]] ([[ISO 4217]] currency code) |
* [[BND (disambiguation)|BND]] – (s) Brunei [[dollar]] ([[ISO 4217]] currency code) |
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* [[BnF]] – (i) ''[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]]'' (French, "National Library of France") |
* [[BnF]] – (i) ''[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]]'' (French, "National Library of France") |
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** (i) [[British National Party]] |
** (i) [[British National Party]] |
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** ''Banque Nationale de Paris'', a predecessor to today's [[BNP Paribas]] |
** ''Banque Nationale de Paris'', a predecessor to today's [[BNP Paribas]] |
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* [[BNS (disambiguation)|BNS]] – (i) [[Bank of Nova Scotia |
* [[BNS (disambiguation)|BNS]] – (i) [[Scotiabank]], formerly Bank of Nova Scotia |
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* [[BNSF]] – (i/s) |
* [[BNSF]] – (i/s) Burlington Northern Santa Fe (also [[Association of American Railroads|AAR]] [[reporting mark]]) |
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==BO== |
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* [[Bo (disambiguation)|BO]] |
* [[Bo (disambiguation)|BO]] |
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** (i) [[Back Orifice]] |
** (i) [[Back Orifice]] |
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** (i) [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] |
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** (s) [[Belarus]] (FIPS 10-4 country code) |
** (s) [[Belarus]] (FIPS 10-4 country code) |
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** (i) [[Biarritz Olympique]] (French rugby union club) |
** (i) [[Biarritz Olympique]] (French rugby union club) |
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** Block of the Month [[quilting term]] |
** Block of the Month [[quilting term]] |
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** Business opportunity meeting |
** Business opportunity meeting |
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* [[Bop (disambiguation)|BOP]] |
* [[Bop (disambiguation)|BOP]] (more than 20 alternatives) |
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** (i) [[Balance of Payments]] |
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* [[BOPB]] – (i) [[Biarritz Olympique|Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque]] (the complete name of the rugby club) |
* [[BOPB]] – (i) [[Biarritz Olympique|Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque]] (the complete name of the rugby club) |
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* [[BOPD]] – (i) Barrel of Oil Per Day |
* [[BOPD]] – (i) Barrel of Oil Per Day |
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* [[BRB (disambiguation)|BRB]] |
* [[BRB (disambiguation)|BRB]] |
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** (s) [[Barbados]] (ISO 3166 trigram) |
** (s) [[Barbados]] (ISO 3166 trigram) |
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** (i) "Be Right Back" (Internet chat abbreviation) |
** (i) "Be Right Back" ([[Internet slang|Internet chat]] abbreviation) |
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* [[BRDM]] – (i) ''Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dosornaya Mashina'' (Russian Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, "Combat Reconnaissance Patrol Vehicle") †<ref name="milparade1"/> |
* [[BRDM]] – (i) ''Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dosornaya Mashina'' (Russian Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, "Combat Reconnaissance Patrol Vehicle") †<ref name="milparade1"/> |
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* [[BRE (disambiguation)|bre]] – (s) [[Breton language]] (ISO 639-2 code) |
* [[BRE (disambiguation)|bre]] – (s) [[Breton language]] (ISO 639-2 code) |
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* [[BRIMS]] – (a) Behavior Representation In Modeling and Simulation (conference) |
* [[BRIMS]] – (a) Behavior Representation In Modeling and Simulation (conference) |
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* [[BRL]] – (s) [[Brazilian real]] ([[ISO 4217]] currency code) |
* [[BRL]] – (s) [[Brazilian real]] ([[ISO 4217]] currency code) |
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* [[BRM]] – (i) ''Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Mashina'' (Russian Боевая Разведывательная Машина, "Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle") †<ref name="milparade1"/> |
* [[BRM (disambiguation)|BRM]] – (i) ''Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Mashina'' (Russian Боевая Разведывательная Машина, "[[BRM-1|Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle]]") †<ref name="milparade1"/> |
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* [[BRN (disambiguation)|BRN]] |
* [[BRN (disambiguation)|BRN]] |
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** (s) [[Bahrain]] (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166) |
** (s) [[Bahrain]] (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166) |
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** (s) [[Brunei]] (ISO 3166 trigram) |
** (s) [[Brunei]] (ISO 3166 trigram) |
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* BRSB – (i) [[Battlefield Reasoning System Brianna]] |
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* [[BRT (disambiguation)|BRT]] |
* [[BRT (disambiguation)|BRT]] – [[Bus rapid transit|Bus Rapid Transit]] (alternatively Bus Rapid Transport) |
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* [[BRU (disambiguation)|BRU]] – (s) [[Brunei]] (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166) |
* [[BRU (disambiguation)|BRU]] – (s) [[Brunei]] (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166) |
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==BS== |
==BS== |
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* [[BS (disambiguation)|bs]] – (s) [[Bosnian language]] (ISO 639-1 code) |
* [[BS (disambiguation)|bs]] – (s) [[Bosnian language]] (ISO 639-1 code) |
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* [[BS (disambiguation)|BS]] |
* [[BS (disambiguation)|BS]] |
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** ''[[Baloncesto Superior Nacional]]'' (Spanish, "National Superior Basketball"; top Puerto Rican league) |
** ''[[Baloncesto Superior Nacional]]'' (Spanish, "National Superior Basketball"; top Puerto Rican league) |
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** ''[[Bank Simpanan Nasional]]'' (Malay, "National Savings Bank"; government-owned Malaysian bank) |
** ''[[Bank Simpanan Nasional]]'' (Malay, "National Savings Bank"; government-owned Malaysian bank) |
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* BSNL |
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** [[Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited]] |
** [[Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited]] |
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** (i) [[Bachelor of Science in Nursing]] |
** (i) [[Bachelor of Science in Nursing]] |
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** (p) [[Bovine somatotropin]] |
** (p) [[Bovine somatotropin]] |
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** (i) [[British Summer Time]] |
** (i) [[British Summer Time]] |
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* [[BSW (disambiguation)|BSW]] |
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** [[Bachelor of Social Work]] degree |
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* [[BSX (disambiguation)|BSX]] – (i) [[Bendigo Stock Exchange]] |
* [[BSX (disambiguation)|BSX]] – (i) [[Bendigo Stock Exchange]] |
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* [[BTO (disambiguation)|BTO]] – (i) [[Build to order|Built To Order]] |
* [[BTO (disambiguation)|BTO]] – (i) [[Build to order|Built To Order]] |
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* [[BTP (disambiguation)|BTP]] – (i) [[British Transport Police]] |
* [[BTP (disambiguation)|BTP]] – (i) [[British Transport Police]] |
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* [[BTR (disambiguation)|BTR]] – (i) ''Bronetransporter'' (БТР = '''Б'''роне'''т'''ранспорте'''р''' "(Heavy) Armoured (Personnel) Transporter") †<ref name="milparade1"/> |
* [[BTR (disambiguation)|BTR]] – (i) ''[[BTR (vehicle)|Bronetransporter]]'' (БТР = '''Б'''роне'''т'''ранспорте'''р''' "(Heavy) Armoured (Personnel) Transporter") †<ref name="milparade1"/> |
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* [[BTS (disambiguation)|BTS]] |
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* BTS |
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** (p) '''''B'''ang'''t'''an '''S'''onyeondan'' (Korean, 방탄소년단; literally "Bulletproof Boy Scouts"), expansion of the name of South Korean band [[BTS]] |
** (p) '''''B'''ang'''t'''an '''S'''onyeondan'' (Korean, 방탄소년단; literally "Bulletproof Boy Scouts"), expansion of the name of South Korean band [[BTS]] |
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** (i) [[Base transceiver station]] |
** (i) [[Base transceiver station]] |
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** Beyond the Scene, promoted by the band BTS as an alternate expansion of its initialism |
** [[Beyond the Scene]], promoted by the band BTS as an alternate expansion of its initialism |
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** [[Build to stock]] (production approach) |
** [[Build to stock]] (production approach) |
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** [[Bureau of Transportation Statistics]], U.S. federal agency |
** [[Bureau of Transportation Statistics]], U.S. federal agency |
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** Business Training Systems, original name of the Swedish professional services firm [[BTS Group]] |
** Business Training Systems, original name of the Swedish professional services firm [[BTS Group]] |
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* [[BTU]] – (i) [[British Thermal Unit]] |
* [[BTU]] – (i) [[British Thermal Unit]] |
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* [[BTW (disambiguation)|BTW]] – (s) By The Way |
* [[BTW (disambiguation)|BTW]] – (s) [[By the Way (disambiguation)|By The Way]] |
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==BU== |
==BU== |
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* [[Bul (disambiguation)|bul]] – (s) [[Bulgarian language]] (ISO 639-2 code) |
* [[Bul (disambiguation)|bul]] – (s) [[Bulgarian language]] (ISO 639-2 code) |
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* [[Bul (disambiguation)|BUL]] – (s) [[Bulgaria]] (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166) |
* [[Bul (disambiguation)|BUL]] – (s) [[Bulgaria]] (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166) |
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* BUNO or [[BuNo]] – (p) Bureau Number (aircraft serial number) |
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* [[BUR (disambiguation)|BUR]] – (s) [[Myanmar|Burma]] (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1989) |
* [[BUR (disambiguation)|BUR]] – (s) [[Myanmar|Burma]] (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1989) |
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==BW== |
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* B&W – (i) Babcock & Wilcox – Black and White – Bowers & Wilkins |
* B&W – (i) [[Babcock & Wilcox]] – Black and White – [[Bowers & Wilkins]] |
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* [[BW (disambiguation)|BW]] – (s) [[Bring Wedges]] (ISO digram) |
* [[BW (disambiguation)|BW]] – (s) [[Bring Wedges]] (ISO digram) |
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* [[BW (disambiguation)|BW]] – (s) [[Botswana]] (ISO 3166 digram) |
* [[BW (disambiguation)|BW]] – (s) [[Botswana]] (ISO 3166 digram) |
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Latest revision as of 08:52, 30 May 2024
This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter B.
For the purposes of this list:
- acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
- initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
- pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
- (a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
- (i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
- (p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
- (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – megahertz)
Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP, pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P. (Main list of acronyms)
B0–9[edit]
- B10 – (i) Ben 10
- B10: AF – (i) Ben 10: Alien Force
- B10: UA – (i) Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
- B2B – (i) Business-to-business electronic commerce
- B2C – (i) Business-to-consumer electronic commerce
- B2E – (i) Business-to-employee electronic commerce
- B2M – Business to many
BA[edit]
- ba – (s) Bashkir language (ISO 639-1 code)
- Ba – (s) Barium
- BA –
- (i) Bachelor of Arts
- (s) Bahrain (FIPS 10-4 country code)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (ISO 3166 diagram)
- (i) British Airways
- British Army
- Bank of America
- BAA – (i) British Airport Authority
- BAC – (a) Blood alcohol content
- BAD – (HBO) Boxing After Dark
- BADD – (a) Battlefield Awareness and Data Dissemination
- BAE – (p) BAE Systems (formerly British Aerospace, BAe)
- BAFTA – (a) British Academy of Film and Television Arts
- BAI – (i) Battlefield Air Interdiction
- bak – (s) Bashkir language (ISO 639-2 code)
- BALCO – (p) Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative
- bam – (s) Bambara language (ISO 639-2 code)
- BAM –
- (i) Business Activity Monitoring
- (s) Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark (ISO 4217 currency code)
- BAMC – (i) Brooke Army Medical Center
- Banesto – (p) Banco Español de Crédito (Spanish, "Spanish Credit Bank")
- BANG – (a) Bits, Atoms, Neurons, Genes
- BAO – (i) Battlefield Air Operations
- BAOR – (i) British Army Of the Rhine
- B[a]P – (p) Benzo[a]pyrene
- BAR
- (s) Barbados (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166)
- (a) British American Racing
- Browning Automatic Rifle
- Buy-American Restrictions
- BARD – (a) Binational Agricultural Research and Development fund (between the US and Israel)
- BARDA – (a) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
- BART – (a) Bay Area Rapid Transit
- BAS – (i) Battalion Aid Station
- BASE – (a) Building, Antenna, Span, Earth (parachute from)
- BASF – (i) Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory, a German chemicals company)
- BASIC – (a) Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (acronym was added later, originally it was simply Basic)
- BAT – (a/i) Basic Aid Training
- (a) British American Tobacco, London, England
- (a) British Antarctic Territory (overseas territory)
- BATF – (i) U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
- BATS –
- BATTeRS – (a) Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey
BB[edit]
- BB
- (s) Barbados (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
- (i) Boys' Brigade (Christian youth organization)
- Brigitte Bardot (actress)
- Bumblebee
- BBB
- (i) Better Business Bureau
- Blood–brain barrier
- (p/i) BoerBurgerBeweging (Dutch, "Farmer–Citizen Movement"; Dutch political party)
- BBC
- (i) Breeding Bird Census
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- (i) Bumper to Back of Cab (trucking measurement)
- BBCOR – (i) Bat-ball coefficient of restitution (standard used for non-wood bats used in US college baseball)
- BBD
- (s) Barbadian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
- (a) Bowel Bladder Dysfunction
- BBL
- BBN – (i) Bolt, Beranek and Newman
- BBOL – Blessing Ball of Light
- BBQ – (s) Barbecue[1]
- BBS
- (i) Breeding Bird Survey (North America)
- Brigade/Battalion Battle Simulation
- Bulletin Board System
- BBSRC – (i) U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- BBVA – (i) Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (Spanish bank)
- BBYO – B'nai B'rith Youth Organization
BC[edit]
- BC
- (i) Before Christ
- Blind Copy (in emailers)
- Boston College
- (s) Botswana (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Bechuanaland)
- British Columbia (postal symbol)
- BCA
- BCC – (i) Blind Carbon Copy
- BCCI
- BCD – (i) Binary-Coded Decimal
- BCE
- (i) Banque centrale européenne (French, "European Central Bank")
- Battlefield Co-ordination Element
- BC Electric, a former name for BC Hydro
- Before Common Era
- BCER – (i) British Columbia Electric Railway
- BCFG – (s) Patchy Fog (METAR Code)
- BCIS (fratricide avoidance system) – (i) Battlefield Combat Identification System
- BCLL – (a) Bibliography of Celtic Latin Literature
- BCOL – (i) British Columbia Railway
- BCPL – (i) Basic Combined Programming Language (progenitor of C)
- BCS
- (i) Bachelor of Computer Science
- Bardeen, Cooper, and Schrieffer superconduction theory
- Bowl Championship Series (US college football)
- BCT – (i) Brigade Combat Team
BD[edit]
- BD
- (s) Bangladesh (ISO 3166 digram)
- Bermuda (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
- BDA – (i) British Dental Association
- BDD
- (i) Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- British Defence Doctrine
- Bde – (s) Brigade
- BDFL – (i) Benevolent Dictator For Life
- BDI – (s) Burundi (ISO 3166 trigram)
- BDNF – (i) Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
- BDO – (i) Battle Dress Overgarment
- BDOS – (a) Basic Disk Operating System; part of CP/M
- BDS
- (i) – Bachelor of Dental Surgery
- Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, a movement advocating various boycotts of Israel in the context of the Arab–Israeli conflict
- BDSM – (i) Bondage and Discipline, Domination and Submission, Sadism and Masochism
- BDT
- (s) Bangladeshi taka (ISO 4217 currency code)
- (i) Bureau de développement des télécommunications (Telecommunication Development Bureau, became ITU-D)
- BDU – (i) Battle-Dress Uniform
BE[edit]
- be – (s) Belarusian language (ISO 639-1 code)
- Be – (s) Beryllium
- BE – (s) Belgium (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
- BEA
- bel – (s) Belarusian language (ISO 639-2 code)
- BEL – (s) Belgium (ISO 3166 trigram)
- BEM – (i) British Empire Medal – Bug-Eyed Monster
- ben – (s) Bengali language (ISO 639-2 code)
- BEN – (s) Benin (ISO 3166 trigram)
- BEO – (i) Banquet Event Order
- BERC – (a) Business Environmental Resource Center
- BER – (i) Bit Error Rate
- BES
- (i) Budget Estimate Submission
- (s) Caribbean Netherlands (ISO 3166 trigram; from the entity's alternate name of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba)
- BESS – (i) Business, Education, and Social Sciences
- BET – (a/i) Black Entertainment Television
- BETS – (a) Bradley Embedded Training System
- BEV
- (i) Battery electric vehicle
- Black English Vernacular, a type of English spoken by many African Americans
- Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen (German: "Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying"), Austrian government agency
BF[edit]
- BF – (s) The Bahamas (FIPS 10-4 country code) – Burkina Faso (ISO 3166 digram)
- b/f – (p) before
- BFA – (s) Burkina Faso (ISO 3166 trigram)
- BfArM – (i) Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte, German governmental institute for drugs and medical devices
- BFF – (i) Best Friends Forever
- BFI – (a) British Film Institute
- BFR – (a) Biennial flight review
- BFR – (i) Brominated Flame Retardant
- BFS – (s) Belfast International Airport (IATA airport code)
- BFSA – (i) Blue Force Situation Awareness
- BFT – (i) Blue Force Tracking
- BFX – (s) Bioinformatics
BG[edit]
- bg – (s) Bulgarian language (ISO 639-1 code)
- BG – (s) Bangladesh (FIPS 10-4 country code) – (i) Battle Group – Body Guard – (s) Brigadier General – (s) Bulgaria (ISO 3166 digram)
- BGA – (i) Ball Grid Array – Brandy and Ginger Ale (alcoholic beverage)
- BGD – (s) Bangladesh (ISO 3166 trigram)
- BGN – (i) U.S. Board on Geographic Names – (s) Bulgarian lev (ISO 4217 currency code)
- BGR – (s) Bulgaria (ISO 3166 trigram)
- BGS – (i) Bristol Grammar School – British Geological Survey
- BGWG – (p) Battle Group Wargame (military simulation; "big wig")
BH[edit]
- bh – (s) Bihari languages (ISO 639-1 code)
- Bh – (s) Bohrium
- BH
- BHD – (s) Bahraini dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
- BHR – (s) Bahrain (ISO 3166 trigram)
- BHS
- (i) British Home Stores
- (s) The Bahamas (ISO 3166 trigram)
BI[edit]
- bi – (s) Bislami language (ISO 639-1 code)
- Bi – (s) Bismuth
- BI – (s) Burundi (ISO 3166 digram)
- BIAP – (a) Baghdad International Airport – (p) Biafran pound
- BICS – (i/a) Battlefield Information and Communication System
- BID – (i) bis in die (Latin, "twice a day")
- BIDST – (i) British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
- BIF – (s) Burundian franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
- bih – (s) Bihari languages (ISO 639-2 code)
- BIH – (s) Bosnia and Herzegovina (ISO 3166 trigram)
- BIOS – (a) Basic Input/Output System – British Institute of Organ Studies
- BIP – (a) Battlefield Interoperability Programme (ancestor of MIP) – Broadcast incremental power algorithm
- bis – (s) Bislami language (ISO 639-2 code)
- BISEPS – (a) Battlefield Identification System Environment Performance Simulation
- BIST – (a) Built-In Self-Test
- BIT – (a) Bilateral Investment Treaty – Built-In Test
- BITE – (a) Built-In Test Equipment
BJ[edit]
- BJ – (s) Benin (ISO 3166 digram) – (i) Blowjob (oral sex)
- BJJ – (i) Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- BJP – (i) Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People's Party)
- BJT – (i) Bipolar Junction Transistor
BK[edit]
- Bk – (s) Berkelium
- BK
- (i) Burger King
- (p) Bankrupt (most often seen as "gone BK")
- (s) Bosnia and Herzegovina (FIPS 10-4 country code)
- BKN – (s) Broken Sky (METAR Code)
BL[edit]
- BL
- (s) Bolivia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
- (i) British Leyland
- BLCSE – (i) Battle Laboratory Constructive Simulation Environment
- BLDU – (s) Blowing Dust (METAR Code)
- BLEVE – (a) Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion ("blevy")
- BLK – (i) Basket Liga Kobiet (Polish, "Women's Basketball League")
- BLM – (a) Black Lives Matter
- BLOB – (p) Binary Large OBject
- BLR – (s) Belarus (ISO 3166 trigram)
- BLSA – (s) Blowing Sand (METAR Code)
- BLRSI – Battle Lab Reconfigurable Simulator (U.S. Army)
- BLSN – (s) Blowing Snow (METAR Code)
- BLT – (i) Bacon Lettuce Tomato (sandwich)
- BLUFOR – (p) Blue Force(s) (military)
- BLUI – (a/i) Body Language User Interface ("blooie")
- BLZ – (s) Belize (ISO 3166 trigram)
BM[edit]
- bm – (s) Bambara language (ISO 639-1 code)
- BM – (i) Battle Management – (s) Bermuda (ISO 3166 digram) – Myanmar (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Burma)
- BMA – (i) British Medical Association
- BMCC – (i) Borough of Manhattan Community College
- BMD – (i) Ballistic Missile Defence – (s) Bermudian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) – (i) Boyevaya Mashina Desanta (Russian Боевая Машина Десанта, "Combat Vehicle Airborne") †[2] – British Military Doctrine
- BMDG – (i) British Military Doctrine Group
- BMDO – (i) (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization ("bim-do")
- BME – (p) Biomedical Engineering – (i) Black and Minority Ethnic group – Body Modification E-zine
- BMEWS – (a/i) Ballistic Missile Early Warning System ("bee-mews")
- BMI – (i) Body Mass Index – Broadcast Music Incorporated - British Midland International
- BMG – (i) Bertelsmann Music Group
- BML – (i) Battle Management Language
- BMNT – (i) Begin Morning Nautical Twilight
- BMP – (i) Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoti (Russian Боевая Машина Пехоты, "Combat Vehicle for the Infantry") †[2]
- BMR – (i) Basal metabolic rate – Bronirovannaya Mashina Razminirovaniya (Russian Бронированная Машина Разминирования, "Armoured Vehicle for Mine-Clearing") †[2]
- BMU – (s) Bermuda (ISO 3166 trigram)
- BMW – (i) Bayerische Motoren Werke (German, "Bavarian Motor Works")
- BMX – (i) Bicycle/Bike Moto (r) Cross
BN[edit]
- bn – (s) Bengali language (ISO 639-1 code)
- Bn – (s) Battalion
- BN
- (s) Brunei (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
- (i) Barisan Nasional (Malaysia)
- (i) Burlington Northern
- BND – (s) Brunei dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
- BnF – (i) Bibliothèque nationale de France (French, "National Library of France")
- BNF
- (i) Backus–Naur form (computing)
- British National Formulary
- BNICE – (a) Biological, Nuclear, Incendiary, Chemical, and Explosive Agents
- BNP
- (i) British National Party
- Banque Nationale de Paris, a predecessor to today's BNP Paribas
- BNS – (i) Scotiabank, formerly Bank of Nova Scotia
- BNSF – (i/s) Burlington Northern Santa Fe (also AAR reporting mark)
BO[edit]
- bo – (s) Tibetan language (ISO 639-1 code)
- BO
- (i) Back Orifice
- (i) Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- (s) Belarus (FIPS 10-4 country code)
- (i) Biarritz Olympique (French rugby union club)
- (s) Bolivia (ISO 3166 digram)
- (i) Body odor
- BO2k – (i) Back Orifice 2000
- BOAC – (i) British Overseas Airways Corporation (predecessor of British Airways)
- BoAML – Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- BOAT – (p) Byway Open to All Traffic (pronounced as two syllables, "Bo-At")
- BOB – (s) boliviano (ISO 4217 currency code) - Bank One Ballpark
- BOBFOC – (a) Body Off Baywatch, Face Off Crimewatch (description)
- BOBFOK – (a) Body of Barbie, face of Ken (description)
- BOC
- BÖC – (i) Blue Öyster Cult
- bod – (s) Tibetan language (ISO 639-2 code)
- BOD – (i) Biochemical Oxygen Demand
- BODMAS – (a) Brackets, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction
- BOFH – (i) Bastard Operator From Hell
- BOGA – (a) Bend Over and Grab Ankles
- BOGOF – (a) Buy One, Get One Free
- BOGSAT – (a) Bunch Of Guys Sitting Around a Table
- BOHICA – (a) Bend Over Here It Comes Again
- BOI
- (i) Balance Of Investment
- Basis Of Issue
- BOL – (s) Bolivia (ISO 3166 trigram)
- BOM
- (a) Base Object Model
- Bill Of Materials
- Block of the Month quilting term
- Business opportunity meeting
- BOP (more than 20 alternatives)
- BOPB – (i) Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (the complete name of the rugby club)
- BOPD – (i) Barrel of Oil Per Day
- BOQ
- (i) Bill Of Quotations
- Bachelor Officers' Quarters
- Bank of Queensland
- bos – (s) Bosnian language (ISO 639-2 code)
- BOS – (i) Battlefield Operating System
- BOT
- (i) Balance of Trade
- (s) Botswana (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
- (i) Build Operate Transfer
- (i) Bank of Thailand
BP[edit]
- BP
- (i) Battle Position
- British Petroleum (today, BP does not officially stand for anything)
- (s) Solomon Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code; from British Protectorate of the Solomon Islands)
- Bp – (i) Bishop
- BPD – (i) Bipolar Personality Disorder
- BPM – (i) Beats Per Minute
- BPMo – (i) Business Process Mobility
- BPV
BQ[edit]
- BQ
- (s) British Antarctic Territory (former ISO 3166 digram; merged with AQ in 1979)
- Caribbean Netherlands (current ISO 3166 digram; based on the entity's alternate name of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba)
- Navassa Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
BR[edit]
- br – (s) Breton language (ISO 639-1 code)
- Br – (s) Bromine
- Br – "Best regards" used in valediction
- BR
- (s) Brazil (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) – Bihar (Indian state code)
- (i) British Rail, previously British Railways
- Break Ranks (marching band term)
- BRA – (s) Brazil (ISO 3166 trigram)
- BRAG – (a) Bicycle Ride Across Georgia
- BRASS – Breathe, Relax, Aim, Sight, Squeeze (Acronym for using a rifle)
- BRB
- (s) Barbados (ISO 3166 trigram)
- (i) "Be Right Back" (Internet chat abbreviation)
- BRDM – (i) Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dosornaya Mashina (Russian Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, "Combat Reconnaissance Patrol Vehicle") †[2]
- bre – (s) Breton language (ISO 639-2 code)
- BRFSS – (p) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System ("burf-us", a CDC health survey covering the U.S. and its territories)
- BRI
- (i) Bathroom Readers Institute (publishers of series of "Uncle John's Bathroom Readers" books)
- Belt and Road Initiative (China-led Asian transport initiative)
- BRIC – (a) Brazil, Russia, India and China
- BRICS – (a) Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
- BRIMS – (a) Behavior Representation In Modeling and Simulation (conference)
- BRL – (s) Brazilian real (ISO 4217 currency code)
- BRM – (i) Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Mashina (Russian Боевая Разведывательная Машина, "Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle") †[2]
- BRN
- BRSB – (i) Battlefield Reasoning System Brianna
- BRT – Bus Rapid Transit (alternatively Bus Rapid Transport)
- BRU – (s) Brunei (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
BS[edit]
- bs – (s) Bosnian language (ISO 639-1 code)
- BS
- (s) The Bahamas (ISO 3166 digram)
- Bassas da India (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
- Bachelor of Science degree
- British subject
- Bullshit
- BSA
- (i) Birmingham Small Arms (motorcycles company)
- Boy Scouts of America
- Brigade Support Area
- BSatCoP – Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
- BSc
- Bachelor of Science degree
- BSD
- (s) Bahamian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
- (i) Berkeley Software Distribution (distinct from BSoD)
- BSE – (i) Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, better known as mad cow disease
- BSE – (i) Buku Sekolah Elektronik (screw thread),[3]
- BSF – (i) British Standard Fine (screw thread)
- BSL
- (i) Basketbol Süper Ligi (Turkish, "Basketball Super League"; top Turkish men's league)
- British Sign Language
- BSMB – (i) British Society for Matrix Biology
- BSN
- Baloncesto Superior Nacional (Spanish, "National Superior Basketball"; top Puerto Rican league)
- Bank Simpanan Nasional (Malay, "National Savings Bank"; government-owned Malaysian bank)
- BSNL
- BSoD – (i) Blue Screen of Death (distinct from BSD)
- BSP
- (i) Between-Show Promotion
- Binary Space Partitioning
- Board Support Package
- British Standard Pipe (screw thread)
- (p) Business-sponsored
- Bone sialoprotein
- BSS
- Block Starting with Symbol – see .bss
- Boxed Set Syndrome – where one starts watching a boxed set of DVDs and just can't stop until you've watched them all
- BST
- BSW
- Bachelor of Social Work degree
- (i) British Standard Whitworth (screw thread)
- Blind Spot Warning, see Blind spot monitor
- BSX – (i) Bendigo Stock Exchange
BT[edit]
- Bt
- BT
- (i) Baal teshuva (Hebrew, "master of return") – used to describe a Jew who adopts Orthodox Judaism as an adult
- Bathythermograph
- (s) Bhutan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
- (i) BitTorrent
- British Telecom, the former name of the company now known as BT Group
- Bluetooth
- BTDT – (i) Been There, Done That
- Bti – (i) Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis
- BTID – (i) Battlefield Target Identification Device
- BTIS – (i) Battlefield Target Identification System
- BTN
- BTO – (i) Built To Order
- BTP – (i) British Transport Police
- BTR – (i) Bronetransporter (БТР = Бронетранспортер "(Heavy) Armoured (Personnel) Transporter") †[2]
- BTS
- (p) Bangtan Sonyeondan (Korean, 방탄소년단; literally "Bulletproof Boy Scouts"), expansion of the name of South Korean band BTS
- (i) Base transceiver station
- Beyond the Scene, promoted by the band BTS as an alternate expansion of its initialism
- Build to stock (production approach)
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. federal agency
- Business Training Systems, original name of the Swedish professional services firm BTS Group
- BTU – (i) British Thermal Unit
- BTW – (s) By The Way
BU[edit]
- BU – (s)
- BUAV – (i) British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
- BUG-E – (a) Battlefield Universal Gateway Equipment ("buggy")
- bul – (s) Bulgarian language (ISO 639-2 code)
- BUL – (s) Bulgaria (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
- BUNO or BuNo – (p) Bureau Number (aircraft serial number)
- BUR – (s) Burma (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1989)
BV[edit]
- BV – (i)
- Background Vocals –
- Battlefield Visualization – (s)
- Bouvet Island (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
- BVB
- (p) Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund, the full German name of the football club known in English as Borussia Dortmund
- Bursa de Valori București (Romanian for Bucharest Stock Exchange)
- BVD – (i) Bradley, Voorhees & Day (underwear manufacturer)
- BVR – (i) Beyond Visual Range
- BVT – (s) Bouvet Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
BW[edit]
- B&W – (i) Babcock & Wilcox – Black and White – Bowers & Wilkins
- BW – (s) Bring Wedges (ISO digram)
- BW – (s) Botswana (ISO 3166 digram)
- BWA – (s) Botswana (ISO 3166 trigram)
- BWARS – (a) Bees, Wasps & Ants Recording Society
- BWC – (p) Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
- BWP – (s) Botswana pula (ISO 4217 currency code)
- BWR – (i) Boiling-Water Reactor
BX[edit]
- BX – (p) Base eXchange – (s)
BY[edit]
- BY – (s)
- BYOB – (i) Bring Your Own Bottle (or "beer", "beverage", or "booze") (multiple, but similar, meanings)
- BYOC – (i) Bring Your Own Computer (play on BYOB)
- BYOF – (i) Bring Your Own Flask
- BYR – (s) Belarusian rubel (ISO 4217 currency code)
- BYS – (s) Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1992)
- BYU – (i) Brigham Young University
BZ[edit]
- BZ – (s) Belize (ISO 3166 digram)
- BZD – (s) Belize dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
- BZP – (p) Benzylpiperazine
References[edit]
- ^ See references and discussion under Barbecue and Talk:List of acronyms and initialisms: B. Examples of use: [1], [2] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, [3], [4]
- ^ a b c d e f "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
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