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* [[Gabon]] (FIPS 10-4 and NATO (obsolete) country code: GB), a country in West Africa. |
* [[Gabon]] (FIPS 10-4 and NATO (obsolete) country code: GB), a country in West Africa. |
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* [[Great Britain]], an island in Europe. |
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** Note that the ISO 3166 country code GB stands for the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]] and not the island of Great Britain |
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* [[Guinea Bissau]] (casual abbreviation G.B.), a country in West Africa. |
* [[Guinea Bissau]] (casual abbreviation G.B.), a country in West Africa. |
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*[[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]] |
*[[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]] |
Revision as of 15:16, 16 December 2009
Look up GB in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
GB may stand for:
In geography
- Gabon (FIPS 10-4 and NATO (obsolete) country code: GB), a country in West Africa.
- Guinea Bissau (casual abbreviation G.B.), a country in West Africa.
- Green Bay
In politics
- Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- George H.W. Bush
- George W. Bush
- Glenn Beck
In language
- Gb (digraph), a digraph in the Latin alphabet
- Government and binding, theory by Noam Chomsky
In science
- Sarin, nerve gas (NATO designation: GB).
- Guillain-Barré syndrome, acute inflammatory polyneuropathy.
- Gigabase (Gb), a unit of length for DNA
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.
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).
In food
- GB Glace, a Swedish ice cream company.
- Griesedieck Brothers beer.
- GB Supermarkets, a Belgian chain.
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.
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%.