Cab

The word cab has a number of meanings, most of which are abbreviations:

Transport

• Cabriolet (carriage), a horse-drawn carriage
• Taxicab, a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride
• Cabin (truck), of a truck is an enclosed space in a truck where the driver is seated
• Cab (locomotive) (short for cabin), the driving compartment of a locomotive
• Tractor unit part of an articulated lorry, known in Britain as an "artic cab"
• Cab car
• NATO reporting name for the Lisunov Li-2

Places

• Čab, a village in Nitra District in Slovakia
• Cab Calloway School of the Arts, an arts-oriented magnet school in Wilmington, Delaware, operated by the Red Clay Consolidated School District, that focuses on a strong academic curriculum along with an education in the arts

Music

• CAB (band), a jazz fusion band
• The Cab, an American pop-rock band
• "Cab" (song), a 2005 song by Train

In History/Religion:

• Cab, a unit of dry measure

Acronyms

• C.A.B., a British television show
• CAB (bidding system), for Two Clubs, Ace-asking, Blackwood; a contract bridge bidding system popular in England during the 1950s; accredited to Col. George Gordon Joseph Walsh.
• Cabinet (file format) (often abbreviated "CAB"), a Microsoft Windows installation archive format
• Cambodia Asia Bank, (CAB) is a LLC bank of Cambodia, based in Phnom Penh and operating over a dozen branch offices. CAB offers loan, savings account, foreign remittance and other financial services
• Canadian Association of Broadcasters, the national voice of Canada's private broadcasters, representing the vast majority of Canadian programming services, including private radio and television stations, specialty, pay and pay-per-view services
• Causeway Bay Station, Hong Kong; MTR station code CAB
• Certified Angus Beef
• Church Administration Building, an administrative building of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Choose and Book, an E-Booking software application which has been introduced to the National Health Service (NHS) in England
• Citizens Advice Bureau, one of a network of independent charities throughout the UK that give free, confidential information and advice to help people with their money, legal, consumer and other problems
• Civil Aeronautics Board
• Club Athlétique Bizertin, a football club from Bizerte in Tunisia
• Combat Aviation Brigade, a multi-functional brigade-sized unit in the United States Army that fields military helicopters, offering a combination of attack helicopters (AH-64 Apache), reconnaissance helicopters (OH-58 Kiowa), medium-lift helicopters (UH-60 Black Hawk), heavy-lift helicopters (CH-47 Chinook), and MEDEVAC capability
• Combat Action Badge, a military badge worn in the U.S
• Composite UI Application Block, an addition to Microsoft's .NET Framework for creating complex user interfaces made of loosely coupled components
• Constructions Aéronautiques du Béarn, a French aircraft manufacturer
• Controller Anti-lock Brake, see Anti-lock braking system
• Criminal Assets Bureau, a law enforcement agency in Ireland, the purpose of which is to recover the proceeds of organised crime
• Cricket Association of Bengal, governing body for cricket in West Bengal, India
• Club Atlético Banfield, a football team in Argentina
• Club Atlético Belgrano, a football team in Argentina
• Club Automobile du Burundi, a member of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
• Change Advisory Board
• CAB, the ICAO airline designator for Chesapeake Air Service, United States
• Customer Advisory Board, a business-level customer group
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