BBS

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BBS may refer to:

Technologies

• Bulletin board system, a computer that allows users to dial into the system over a phone line or telnet connection
• BIOS Boot Specification, a system firmware specification related initial program load (IPL; AKA booting)

• Blum Blum Shub, a pseudorandom number generator
• Building Back Safer, a shortening used for the rebuilding of areas after a disaster

Organisations

• Bahrain Bayan School, a private school in Bahrain
• Budapest Business School, the second oldest business school in the world
• BBS Kraftfahrzeugtechnik AG, a high-performance automobile wheel manufacturer
• Bankenes Betalingssentral, a Norwegian bank clearing company
• Bloomsburg and Sullivan Railroad
• Bodu Bala Sena, a Sri Lankan political organization
• British Blind Sport, a British sporting charity for people who are visually impaired
• British Bryological Society, a British society for the study of mosses and liverworts
• Badger Boys State, a youth government camp held in Wisconsin

Science

• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, a genetic disorder
• Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease, or sarcoidosis, a chronic inflammatory systemic disease
• Behavioral and Brain Sciences, a peer-reviewed journal
• Berg Balance Scale, a test of a person's static and dynamic balance abilities
• Bogart-Bacall Syndrome, a vocal misuse disorder named after Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
• Breeding Bird Survey, which monitors the status and trends of bird populations
• Brittle Bone Society, a British medical research charity

Culture

• Baton Broadcast System, a system of Canadian television stations
• Bhutan Broadcasting Service, the national radio and television service in Bhutan
• BBS Productions, highly influential film production company of early 1970s New Hollywood
• Bender's Big Score, the first full-length Futurama movie
• Boom Boom Satellites, a Japanese electronic music duo
• Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, a videogame for the PlayStation Portable
• Be back soon, an Internet slang acronym

Other

• Behavior-based safety, a process to reduce risks by focusing on the behaviors that lead to increased hazards.
• Bachelor of Business Studies, an academic degree
• Bachelor of Business Statistics, an academic degree
• BBs, another name for airsoft gun pellets
• BBS, collective term for the former South African High Commission Territories of Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland, administered by the British High Commissioner for Southern Africa
• Bronze Bauhinia Star, the lowest rank in Order of the Bauhinia Star, an honours system Hong Kong
• Blue Back Square, a shopping center in West Hartford, Connecticut
• Brigade and Battalion Simulation developed for US brigade and battalion commanders to train their battle staffs in combat and battlefield.