DB
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In science and technology:
- DecibelDecibelThe decibel is a logarithmic unit that indicates the ratio of a physical quantity relative to a specified or implied reference level. A ratio in decibels is ten times the logarithm to base 10 of the ratio of two power quantities...
(dB), a logarithmic unit of measurement in acoustics and electronics - DubniumDubniumThe Soviet team proposed the name nielsbohrium in honor of the Danish nuclear physicist Niels Bohr. The American team proposed that the new element should be named hahnium , in honor of the late German chemist Otto Hahn...
(Db), a chemical element - DB connector, a size of D-subminiature electrical connector
- Berkeley DBBerkeley DBBerkeley DB is a computer software library that provides a high-performance embedded database for key/value data. Berkeley DB is a programmatic software library written in C with API bindings for C++, PHP, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl, Smalltalk, and most other programming languages...
, a cross-platform embedded database library - .db.db-Examples:Oracle, Paradox, and XoftSpySE save databases as .db, as do a variety of other programs. Thumbs.db is a file Windows uses to store thumbnail images of folder contents....
, a database file extension
In entertainment:
- D♭ (musical note)
- Daily BugleDaily BugleThe Daily Bugle is a fictional New York City newspaper that is a regular fixture in the Marvel Universe, most prominently in Spider-Man comic titles and their derivative media...
, a fictional New York City newspaper - The dB'sThe dB'sThe dB's are a jangle pop/power pop group who came into prominence in the late 1970s and 1980s. The bandmembers were Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey, Will Rigby and Gene Holder, all of whom were from Winston-Salem, North Carolina...
, a power pop band from the 1980s - DJ DBDJ DBDJ DB is a British jungle/drum and bass DJ who moved from London to New York in 1989. He was an early pioneer in rave culture in the U.S. Also, he was partly responsible for bringing drum and bass to America...
, a New York based drum 'n' bass dj
In locations:
- Daytona Beach, FloridaDaytona Beach, FloridaDaytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, USA. According to 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 64,211. Daytona Beach is a principal city of the Deltona – Daytona Beach – Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which the census bureau estimated had...
- Diamond Bar, CaliforniaDiamond Bar, CaliforniaDiamond Bar is a city in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 55,544 at the 2010 census, down from 56,287 at the 2000 census. It is named after the "diamond over a bar" branding iron registered in 1918 by ranch owner Frederick E...
- Discovery BayDiscovery BayDiscovery Bay is a mixed, primarily residential, development comprising a residential development and private and public recreational facilities in Hong Kong. It is situated on the north-eastern coast of Lantau Island in the New Territories. The development spans an area of 650 hectares , and...
, a residential development in Hong Kong - Dobyns Bennett High SchoolDobyns Bennett High SchoolDobyns-Bennett High School is a high school in Kingsport, Tennessee. It is estimated to have around 1,800 some students.As a part of Kingsport City Schools, students must be city residents paying city taxes to attend. Students that are not residents of the city may pay a tuition fee to attend...
, a high school in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA - Dâmboviţa CountyDâmbovita CountyDâmbovița ; also spelt Dîmbovița is a county of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 541,763 and the population density was 134/km²...
, a county in Romania, ISO 3166-2:RO code
In economics:
- DB BreweriesDB BreweriesDB Breweries is a Singaporean and Dutch brewing company operating in New Zealand. It was founded in 1930 by Sir Henry Kelliher and W Joseph Coutts with the purchase of Levers and Co. and the Waitemata Brewery Co. in Otahuhu. The company mainly produces pale lager...
, a New Zealand company - DB (car)DB (car)DB was a French automobile maker between 1938 and 1961, based in Champigny-sur-Marne near Paris. The firm was founded by Charles Deutsch and René Bonnet...
, a French automobile maker - DB MedialabDB MedialabDB Medialab AS is a leading Norwegian online media company, owned by the newspaper Dagbladet....
, a Norwegian online media company owned by the newspaper Dagbladet - DB RecordsDB RecordsDB Records is a record label owned by Danny Beard. The label's headquarters reside in the Wax N Facts record store in the Atlanta, Georgia neighborhood of Little Five Points.-History:In 1978, Danny Beard helped some friends in an Athens, Georgia rock band...
, a label in Atlanta, Georgia, USA - Deutsche BahnDeutsche BahnDeutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
, the major German railway company since 1994 - Deutsche BankDeutsche BankDeutsche Bank AG is a global financial service company with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. It employs more than 100,000 people in over 70 countries, and has a large presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the emerging markets...
, a German bank - Deutsche BundesbahnDeutsche BundesbahnThe Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany on September 7, 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft '...
, the national railway company of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1994 - Diamond BankDiamond BankDiamond Bank Plc., whose complete name is Diamond Bank Nigeria Plc., but is commonly referred to as Diamond Bank, is a full-service International Bank based in Nigeria. It is one of the twenty-five licensed commercial banks in the country....
of Nigeria - Doing Business ReportDoing Business ReportThe Doing Business Report is a study elaborated by the World Bank Group since 2004 every year that is aimed to measure the costs to firms of business regulations in 183 countries in 2010...
by the World Bank Group
In other uses:
- db.no, the online version of the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet
- ȸ, the db-digraph a ligature of "d" and "b" in African linguistics
- Defensive backDefensive backIn American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...
, a position in American football and Canadian football - dyne:bolicDyne:bolicdyne:bolic is a Live CD/DVD based on the Linux kernel with a focus on multimedia production, and is distributed with a large assortment of applications for audio and video manipulation...
, a GNU/Linux distribution - douche bag, a general insult, especially when texting or other communication media
See also
- Dragon BallDragon Ballis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1995; later the 519 individual chapters were published into 42 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. Dragon Ball was inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the...
, a Japanese media franchise - DBMS or database management system