MIB

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The three-letter acronym MIB may refer to any of several concepts:

• Management information base, a computing information repository used (for example) by Simple Network Management Protocol
• An abbreviation for mebibyte (MiB) or mebibit (Mib)
• Men in Black, an action/comedy movie, and its sequel Men in Black II
• Men in Black, a group of mysterious agents in conspiracy theory
• Medical Information Bureau a credit agency for life insurers.
• Meiringen-Innertkirchen Bahn, a railway company in Switzerland
• Melayu Islam Beraja, Malay Islamic Monarchy present in Brunei Darussalam
• MIB 30 is the main stock market index of the Borsa Italiana with MIB standing for Milano Italia Borsa.
• Motor Insurers Bureau, a function of the British government which deals with compensation claims from victims of uninsured and untraced drivers.
• 2-methylisoborneol, a musty-smelling odorant sometimes found in drinking water and cork taint.
• An acronym for Master of International Business. Also a suffix on the name of those who have achieved the degree (sometimes as M.I.B.).
• Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre - a Research Institute within the University of Manchester.
• Mouvement Immigration Banlieues (MIB), a French NGO.
• In marbles, any marble, but esp. a 5/8" regulation-sized target marble.
• Knoppix-MiB is a version of the Knoppix linux distribution which focuses on security issues.
• A collector's abbreviation standing for "mint in box"
• MIB- stands for Man in Black- alleged "super spy" who has made reported assassination attempts on saddam hussein and has no sure affiliation with a government.