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GB may stand for:

Contents 1 In geography 2 In international relations and politics 3 In language 4 In science 5 In electronics and computing 6 In transportation 7 In food 8 In music 9 Other

[edit] In geography

• Gabon (FIPS 10-4 and NATO (obsolete) country code: GB), a country in West Africa.
• Great Britain, an island in Europe.
• Guinea Bissau (casual abbreviation G.B.), a country in West Africa.
• Green Bay

[edit] In international relations and politics

• Great Britain - the traditional 'short form' name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as used in numerous international agreements including those on Road Traffic, Postal Services etc. The ISO 3166 country code GB similarly stands for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• George H.W. Bush
• George W. Bush
• Glenn Beck

[edit] In language

• Gb (digraph), a digraph in the Latin alphabet
• Government and binding, theory by Noam Chomsky

[edit] In science

• Sarin, nerve gas (NATO designation: GB).
• Guillain-Barré syndrome, acute inflammatory polyneuropathy.
• Gigabase (Gb), a unit of length for DNA

[edit] In electronics and computing

• Gigabit (Gb), a unit of information used, for example, to quantify computer memory or storage capacity.
• Gigabyte (GB), a unit of information used, for example, to quantify computer memory or storage capacity.
• Gain-bandwidth product (GB or GBW), product of amplifier midband gain and bandwidth (e.g., unity-gain frequency of frequency compensated operational amplifiers).
• Game Boy line, a line of handheld video game consoles.
• GB 2312 or GB 18030, two encoding schemes for rendering Simplified Chinese characters
• GarageBand, a music editing software designed for Mac OS X by Apple Computer.

[edit] In transportation

• GB is the international vehicle registration code for the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
• GB Airways.
• ABX Air (IATA airline designator: GB).

[edit] In food

• GB Glace, a Swedish ice cream company.
• Griesedieck Brothers beer.
• GB Supermarkets, a Belgian chain.

[edit] In music

• Garth Brooks, a country music singer.
• Gnarls Barkley, an alternative hip-hop group.
• Glen Benton, the bassist/vocalist of the death metal band Deicide
• Gorilla Biscuits, a hardcore punk group.
• Grizzly Bear (band), a Brooklyn-based indie rock band.

[edit] Other

• Games Behind, a number used in sport statistics to reflect the gap between two teams.
• Gang Bang, a term for group sex.
• Gary Busey
• Gay Bombay the premier Social Gay Organization in Mumbai, India.
• Ghostbusters, a 1984 comedy film.
• Girls' Brigade, a Christian organization for girls.
• Grande Bibliothèque, a large public library in Montreal.
• University of Wisconsin–Green Bay.
• Guobiao, Chinese National Standards.
• GunBound, a computer game.
• Gardner Bender, a manufacturer of professional electrician's tools and supplies.
• Garbage Bowl, often used by Rachael Ray in Food Network's 30 Minute Meals.
• Gladiator Beasts, a powerful deck type in the Yu-gi-oh TCG
• Games Behind or Games Back, in baseball and basketball
• Good Burger
• Gift Back In Gaiaonline forum casinos, an amount of gold or an item given back after winning a bet, to be polite. Usually 10%.

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