NB
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NB, Nb, or nb may refer to:

  • an abbreviation for nota bene
    Nota Bene
    Nota bene is an Italian and Latin phrase meaning "note well". The phrase first appeared in writing circa 1721.Often abbreviated as "N. B.", nota bene comes from the Latin roots notāre and bene . It is in the singular imperative mood, instructing one individual to note well the matter at hand...

    , a Latin expression meaning "note well"
  • the symbol for the chemical element Niobium
    Niobium
    Niobium or columbium , is a chemical element with the symbol Nb and atomic number 41. It's a soft, grey, ductile transition metal, which is often found in the pyrochlore mineral, the main commercial source for niobium, and columbite...

  • an abbreviation for 'Not Bad'
  • an abbreviation for 'Northbound'


Places:
  • New Brunswick
    New Brunswick
    New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

    , a province of Canada
  • North Britain
    North Britain
    North Britain is a term which has been occasionally used, particularly in the 17th and 18th centuries, for either the northern part of Great Britain or to Scotland, which occupies the northernmost third of the island...

    , a historical term for Scotland
  • New Baltimore (disambiguation), several towns
  • New Britain (disambiguation)
    New Britain (disambiguation)
    New Britain is an island in Papua New Guinea.New Britain can also refer to:*New Britain, Connecticut, United States*New Britain, Pennsylvania, United States*New Britain , 1982 Whitehouse album...

    , several places
  • Sydney
    Sydney
    Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

    's Northern Beaches


In entertainment
  • Nickelback
    Nickelback
    Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. Since 1995 the band has included guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and back-up vocalist Ryan Peake and bassist Mike Kroeger.. The band's current drummer and percussionist is Daniel Adair who has been with the band since 2005....

    , a Canadian rock band
  • N.B. (album)
    N.B. (album)
    N.B. is the second studio album released by British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield. It was released in the UK on 30 April 2007 through Phonogenic Records. Upon release the album was praised for Bedingfield's vocals and the fun theme to the records however some critics were disappointed...

    , an album by Natasha Bedingfield
  • "New Born
    New Born
    "New Born" is a song by English alternative rock band Muse available on the eponymous single, the album Origin of Symmetry and on the Hullabaloo Live DVD.-History:...

    ", a song by the British band Muse
  • the nickname of Niko Bellic
    Niko Bellic
    Niko Bellic is the main protagonist and playable character in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows. He is a 30-year-old former soldier from Eastern Europe who moved to Liberty City to escape his troubled past and pursue the "American Dream"...

    , a fictional character in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV
  • NB (television show)
    NB (television show)
    NB was an arts show that was launched in 1989 and was shown in Scotland until it ended in the late 1990s. NB was made by Scottish Television.-Presenters:*Janice Forsyth 1989-1995*Bryan Burnett 1989-1993*Alan Campbell 1989-199*Dougie Vipond 1993-199...

    , a Scottish TV programme presented by Janice Forsyth, Bryan Burnett and Alan Campbell
  • Nathan Barley
    Nathan Barley
    Nathan Barley is a Channel 4 sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris, starring Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt and Claire Keelan. The series of six weekly episodes began broadcasting on 11 February 2005 on Channel 4...

    , a 2005 British sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris for Channel 4


In science and technology:
  • Notebook
    Laptop
    A laptop, also called a notebook, is a personal computer for mobile use. A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device and speakers into a single unit...

    , a laptop computer
  • Netbook
    Netbook
    Netbooks are a category of small, lightweight, legacy-free, and inexpensive laptop computers.At their inception in late 2007 as smaller notebooks optimized for low weight and low cost — netbooks omitted certain features , featured smaller screens and keyboards, and offered reduced computing...

    , a type of laptop computer
  • NetBeans
    NetBeans
    NetBeans refers to both a platform framework for Java desktop applications, and an integrated development environment for developing with Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Groovy, C, C++, Scala, Clojure, and others...

    , an integrated development environment created by Sun Microsystems
  • Naive Bayes classifier
    Naive Bayes classifier
    A naive Bayes classifier is a simple probabilistic classifier based on applying Bayes' theorem with strong independence assumptions...

    , a simple probabilistic classifier in statistics
  • Nominal Bore, a frequently used interchangeable term for Nominal Pipe Size
    Nominal Pipe Size
    Nominal Pipe Size is a North American set of standard sizes for pipes used for high or low pressures and temperatures. Pipe size is specified with two non-dimensional numbers: a nominal pipe size for diameter based on inches, and a schedule for wall thickness...

     (NPS)
  • Northbridge (computing)
    Northbridge (computing)
    The northbridge has historically been one of the two chips in the core logic chipset on a PC motherboard, the other being the southbridge. Increasingly these functions have migrated to the CPU chip itself, beginning with memory and graphics controllers. For Intel Sandy Bridge and AMD Fusion...

    , a component on a computer motherboard


Other uses:
  • New Balance
    New Balance
    New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. , best known as simply New Balance, is a footwear manufacturer based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. It was founded in 1906 as the New Balance Arch Support Company...

    , a shoe company
  • Nigerian Breweries
    Nigerian Breweries
    Nigerian Breweries Plc, incorporated in 1946, is the pioneer and largest brewing company in Nigeria. Its first bottle of beer, STAR Lager, rolled off the bottling lines of its Lagos Brewery in June 1949. Other breweries were subsequently commissioned by the company, including Aba Brewery in 1957,...

    , a beverage company based in Nigeria
  • Narrowboat
    Narrowboat
    A narrowboat or narrow boat is a boat of a distinctive design, made to fit the narrow canals of Great Britain.In the context of British Inland Waterways, "narrow boat" refers to the original working boats built in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries for carrying goods on the narrow canals...

    , a particular size of water vessel found on English canals
  • The ISO 639-1 abbreviation for the Bokmål
    Bokmål
    Bokmål is one of two official Norwegian written standard languages, the other being Nynorsk. Bokmål is used by 85–90% of the population in Norway, and is the standard most commonly taught to foreign students of the Norwegian language....

     written form of the Norwegian language
  • 牛B (niúbī), a common word in Mandarin Chinese profanity
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