CB

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Contents 1 Architectural/engineering 2 Business 3 Geo-political 4 Military 5 Popular culture 6 Science/medical 7 Sports 8 Technology

CB (or derivative) may refer to:

[edit] Architectural/engineering

• Block coefficient (Cb), determining fullness of ship's hull
• Chrysler Building, a skyscraper in New York City, New York
• Concrete Block, also cinder block, clinker block, or foundation block [US], Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU) [US], breeze block [UK]

[edit] Business

• Carte Bancaire, a bank card brand
• Cell Broadcast in GSM networks
• Christianssands Bryggeri, a Norwegian brewery

[edit] Geo-political

• Cambodia, FIPS Pub 10-4 country code and obsolete NATO digram
• Cambridge, British post code for eastern England served by the Cambridge postal sorting office
• Children's Bureau, a federal agency within the Administration For Children and Families of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
• Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program, a scholarship for youth exchange between the United States and Germany
• ScotAirways, IATA airport code

[edit] Military

• Companion in The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, a title conferred by the British and Commonwealth orders and decorations
• "Confined to Barracks", an acronym in use by various armed forces
• Construction Battalion, a United States Navy unit responsible for constructing airstrips and roadways
• Large Cruiser, retired US Navy hull classification symbol

[edit] Popular culture

• Citizens' band radio, a system of short-distance radio communications
• Coffee-bitch, used in many offices as an irreverent form of the term gofer
• Cold beer, an abbreviation commonly used by fraternity members in the Southeastern United States
• Corned beef, a cut of beef cured or pickled in a seasoned brine
• Cowboy Bebop, an anime and manga popular in Japan and the United States
• Chris Brown (singer), an R&B artist
• Crash Bandicoot, a series of video games and its eponymous main character
• Cara-Beth Burnside, a pioneer of women's professional skateboarding and snowboarding
• Chastity belt, a locking item of clothing designed to prevent sexual intercourse
• Care Bears, a set of characters appearing on greeting cards and in other media

[edit] Science/medical

• Cannabinoids, a group of substances that bind to animal cannabinoid receptors
• Columbium, an obsolete abbreviation (now known as niobium)
• Critical bands, the frequency bandwidths of human auditory filters
• Cumulonimbus cloud, a type of cloud that is tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather

[edit] Sports

• Cleveland Browns, a team in the National Football League
• Chris Benoit, a professional wrestler
• Centre-back, a defensive position in association football
• Cornerback, a position in American football

[edit] Technology

• Closed Beta, a software development stage or testing process
• C Beautifier : Computer language tool