CB

CB and variants may refer to:

Places

People

  • Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836–1908), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1906–1908, widely referred to by his surname initials

Brands and enterprises

Business and financial terms

  • Capacity building, the process by which individuals and organizations obtain, improve, and retain the skills and knowledge needed to undertake their tasks
  • Certification body
  • Chargeback, a reversal of a banking or credit card transaction
  • Convertible bond, a type of bond that can convert into a specified number of shares

Science and technology

Computing and telecommunications

  • Cell Broadcast, in GSM mobile networks
  • Citizens band radio (CB radio), a system of short-distance radio communications
  • Closed beta, a software development stage or testing process

Other uses in science and technology

  • Cannabinoids, a group of substances that bind to animal cannabinoid receptors
  • Circuit breaker, an automatic electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by overcurrent
  • Columbium (Cb), an obsolete name for the element niobium
  • Cumulonimbus cloud (Cb), a type of cloud that is tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather

Sea vessels

  • CB-class midget submarine, a group of midget submarines built for the Italian Navy during World War II
  • Block coefficient (Cb), a parameter describing the shape of a ship's hull
  • Large Cruiser, a retired US Navy hull classification (symbol CB)

Sports

Positions

Teams

Titles

  • Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the chief judge of the Court of Exchequer, an abolished English court
  • Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, a title conferred to British and Commonwealth citizens

Other uses

  • All pages with titles beginning with C. B.
  • CB, dominical letter for a leap year starting on Friday
  • Casus belli, a Latin expression meaning reason for war
  • Construction Battalion (CB or "Seabee"), a United States Navy unit responsible for any type of construction be it general or combat on land or under water.
  • Curveball, a music festival hosted by the band Phish
  • Cone Beam (especially CBCT; Cone beam computed tomography)
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