BX

BX, Bx, and similar may refer to:

Businesses and organizations

Barnard's Express, a transportation company in British Columbia, Canada
Base exchange, a store operated by the Air Force Exchange Service
Berne eXchange, the stock exchange of Bern, Switzerland
Blackstone Group (NYSE stock ticker symbol BX)
BookCrossing, a program for sharing second-hand books
Air Busan (established 2007) (IATA airline code BX)
Coast Air (1998–2008) (IATA airline code BX)

Vehicles

BX (sternwheeler), a boat owned by Barnard's Express
Citroën BX, an automobile
Bionix AFV, an infantry fighting vehicle produced in Singapore

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

Biopsy, the extraction of cells or tissues to determine the presence or extent of a disease
Biosimilar, an identical copy of a biologic medication manufactured by a different company
Bithorax (part of bithorax complex), a genetic mutation in flies

Computing

BX register, a general-purpose 16-bit X86 register
BitchX, an IRC client
Intel 440BX, chipset for Pentium II/Pentium III/III and Celeron processors
Bidirectional transformations

Other uses in science and technology

BX cable, a genericized trademark term for a type of AC armoured electrical cable (from 'Bronx cable')
BeppoSAX catalog, also called SAX and 1SAX
Brix (°Bx), measurement unit of the dissolved sugar-to-water mass ratio of a liquid

Places

Belgium, World Meteorological Organization country code
BeNeLux, a politico-economic union of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
Berryessa, San Jose, California
Bordeaux, France
The Bronx, one of the five boroughs of The City of New York, New York, U.S. (also for many institutions, usually in the borough, and named for it)
Brunei (FIPS Pub 10-4 and obsolete NATO country code)

Other uses

BX convoys of World War II ships
Battlecross, a rock band from Michigan

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