FOB

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Fob may refer to:

• Fob pocket, a small pocket in trousers or waistcoats originally intended to hold a pocket watch
• Key fob, a medallion used to identify a key ring or used as a starting place on a ring
• Watch fob, a medallion or ornament attached by leather strap or chain to a pocket watch to assist in locating and removing the watch from a pocket in clothing
• The term is also used when referring to electronic security token devices
• Fob may also be a transitive verb meaning to deceive or cheat someone out of something they would want to do or materially wish for

FOB or F.O.B. as an acronym can also mean:

• Fall Out Boy
• Father Of Baby, a term used on medical forms
• Fecal Occult Blood, a term for blood present in the feces that is not visibly apparent
• Federal Office Building, an office building owned or occupied by the U.S. Government
• Fetal osteoblast progenitor cell
• First-on-base, the first to go, or the next one to go, after a break or intermission
• Follow-on biologics, a term used to describe generic biologics
• Forward Operating Base, any secured forward position that is used to support tactical operations
• Fractional Orbital Bombardment, a method of nuclear weapons delivery.
• Free On Board or Freight On Board, an Incoterm used in commercial shipping
• Fresh off the boat, a slang phrase for people of foreign nationality
  • FOB, a 1981 David Henry Hwang play, that takes its title from the above phrase
• From Origin of Business
• Front-of-board, referring to the placement of microphones between the stage and soundboard during live concert recording
• Front of Book, a term used in publishing describing the section of a magazine that comes before the features
• Front of Box, used in the video games industry to identify the front cover of a title
• Fruit-On-Bottom, a term for yogurt with the fruit in the bottom of the cup.^{[citation needed]}