MIB
Encyclopedia
MIB may refer to any of several concepts:
- Master of International BusinessMaster of International BusinessThe Master of International Business is a postgraduate degree designed to develop the capabilities and resources of managers in the global economy...
, a postgraduate business degree - Melayu Islam BerajaMelayu Islam BerajaMelayu Islam Beraja is the adopted national philosophy of Negara Brunei Darussalam...
, the adopted national philosophy of BruneiBruneiBrunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia... - Motion induced blindnessMotion induced blindnessMotion Induced Blindness is a phenomenon of visual disappearance or perceptual illusions in which salient visual stimuli disappear as if erased in front of an observer's eyes.-Overview:...
, a visual illusion in peripheral vision - Men in BlackMen in BlackMen in Black , in American popular culture and in UFO conspiracy theories, are men dressed in black suits who claim to be government agents who harass or threaten UFO witnesses to keep them quiet about what they have seen. It is sometimes implied that they may be aliens themselves...
, a group of mysterious agents in conspiracy theory (which also has given name to the eponympous comics and movies, see below) - 2-methylisoborneol2-Methylisoborneol2-Methylisoborneol is an organic chemical with a strong odor. It is a derivate of borneol. Its odor detection threshold is very low and it is one of the chemicals with major influence on the quality of drinking water...
, a musty-smelling odorant sometimes found in drinking water and cork taint - In marblesMarblesA marble is a small spherical toy usually made from glass, clay, steel, or agate. These balls vary in size. Most commonly, they are about ½ inch in diameter, but they may range from less than ¼ inch to over 3 inches , while some art glass marbles fordisplay purposes are over 12 inches ...
, any marble, but especially a 5/8" regulation-sized target marble; also a target in a marble game - Mint In Box, a collector's abbreviation for an item in mint conditionMint conditionMint condition is an expression used in the description of pre-owned goods. Originally, the phrase comes from the way collectors describe the condition of coins. As the name given to a coin factory is a "mint", then mint condition is the condition a coin is in as it leaves the mint...
- Michael Ian BlackMichael Ian BlackMichael Ian Black is an American comedian, actor, writer and director. He has starred in several TV comedy series, including The State, Ed, Viva Variety, Stella and Michael & Michael Have Issues. He is also a prominent poker player, appearing on Celebrity Poker Showdown several times...
(born 1971), American comedian, actor and writer - M.I.B (South Korean group), a four member South Korean group from Jungle EntertainmentJungle EntertainmentJungle Entertainment commonly known simply as Jungle is a South Korean record label founded by Korean hip hop legend Tiger JK . It produces mainly Hip hop and R&B music. Among the company's roster are many known rappers/groups such as Drunken Tiger, Yoon Mi Rae , Leessang, Bizzy, Loptimist, and...
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In fiction
- Men in Black (comic book)Men in Black (comic book)The Men in Black was a comic book created and written by Lowell Cunningham, illustrated by Sandy Carruthers, and published by Aircel Comics. Aircel would later be bought out by Malibu Comics, which itself was bought out by Marvel Comics. Three issues were published in 1990, with another three the...
, a short-lived comic series from Malibu Comics about a group of such agents- Men in Black (film)Men in Black (film)Men in Black is a 1997 science fiction comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Vincent D'Onofrio. The film was based on the Men in Black comic book series by Lowell Cunningham, originally published by Marvel Comics. The film featured the creature effects...
, an action/comedy movie based on this series - Men in Black IIMen in Black IIMen in Black II is a 2002 science fiction action comedy starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. The film also stars Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson and Rip Torn...
, its sequel - Men in Black IIIMen in Black IIIMen in Black III is an upcoming 3D science fiction comedy film starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones...
, the upcoming sequel - Men in Black: The Animated Series, based on the original movie
- Men in Black (film)
- The Man in BlackMan in Black (Lost)The entity referred to most frequently as the Man in Black is a fictional character on the American ABC television series Lost, and is the main antagonist of the...
, the main antagonist from LOSTLost-In cinema or television:*Lost , an ABC drama about people who become stranded on a mysterious island*Lost , a short-lived reality television program*Lost , an American thriller starring Dean Cain... - The Medical Inspection Bureau, a fictional organization from the manga series Battle Angel AlitaBattle Angel AlitaBattle Angel Alita, known in Japan as , is a manga series created by Yukito Kishiro in 1990 and originally published in Shueisha's Business Jump magazine. Two of the nine-volume comics were adapted into two anime original video animation episodes titled Battle Angel for North American release by...
Organisations
- Motor Insurers BureauMotor Insurers BureauThe Motor Insurers' Bureau was founded in the UK in 1946 as a private company limited by guarantee and is the mechanism in the UK through which compensation is found for claims against uninsured drivers, and hit and run incidents...
, a function of the British government which deals with compensation claims from victims of uninsured and untraced drivers - Manchester Interdisciplinary BiocentreManchester Interdisciplinary BiocentreThe Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre , also called 'The John Garside Building', is a research institute of the University of Manchester, England which has been designed to enable academic communities to explore specific areas of interdisciplinary quantitative bioscience, largely through the...
, a research institute within the University of Manchester - Meiringen-Innertkirchen Bahn, a railway company in Switzerland
- MIB Group, Inc. (formerly Medical Information Bureau), an insurance company membership corporation formed to detect and deter fraud
- FTSE MIB (Milano Italia Borsa), the main stock market index of the Borsa Italiana
Computing
- Knoppix-MiB, a version of the KnoppixKnoppixKnoppix, or KNOPPIX , is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD or a USB key , one of the first of its kind for any operating system. Knoppix was developed by Linux consultant Klaus Knopper. When starting a program, it is loaded from the removable medium...
Linux distribution which focuses on security issues - MebibitMebibitThe mebibit is a multiple of the bit, a unit of digital information storage, prefixed by the standards-based multiplier mebi , a binary prefix meaning 220...
(Mib), a unit of information used, for example, to quantify computer memory or storage capacity - MebibyteMebibyteThe mebibyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The binary prefix mebi means 220, therefore 1 mebibyte is . The unit symbol for the mebibyte is MiB. The unit was established by the International Electrotechnical Commission in 2000 and has been accepted for use by all major...
(MiB), a unit of information used, for example, to quantify computer memory or storage capacity - Management information baseManagement information baseA management information base is a virtual database used for managing the entities in a communications network. Most often associated with the Simple Network Management Protocol , the term is also used more generically in contexts such as in OSI/ISO Network management model...
, a computing information repository used by Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and other implementations