NPB
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NPB can refer to:
- NAS Parallel Benchmarks, a set of benchmarks developed by the NASA for measuring the performance of supercomputers
- National Printing Bureau of Japan
- Nederlandsche Padvinders Bond, one of the scouting organizations that evolved into Scouting NederlandScouting NederlandScouting Nederland is the national Scout organisation of the Netherlands with approximately 110,000 members Scouting Nederland is the national Scout organisation of the Netherlands with approximately 110,000 members Scouting Nederland is the national Scout organisation of the Netherlands with...
- Newport Beach a city in Orange County, California, United StatesOrange County, CaliforniaOrange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
- Nippon Professional Baseball, the highest level of professional baseball in Japan
- Nitrate-producing bacteriaNitrifying bacteriaNitrifying bacteria are chemoautotrophic or chemolithotrophs depending on the genera bacteria that grow by consuming inorganic nitrogen compounds...
, also known as nitrifying bacteriaNitrifying bacteriaNitrifying bacteria are chemoautotrophic or chemolithotrophs depending on the genera bacteria that grow by consuming inorganic nitrogen compounds...
in the nitrogen cycleNitrogen cycleThe nitrogen cycle is the process by which nitrogen is converted between its various chemical forms. This transformation can be carried out by both biological and non-biological processes. Important processes in the nitrogen cycle include fixation, mineralization, nitrification, and denitrification... - Northern Black Polished WareNorthern Black Polished WareThe Northern Black Polished Ware culture of South Asia is an Iron Age culture, succeeding the Painted Grey Ware culture...
, a period of South Asian history (ca. 700 BC–200 BC) - Parole Board of Canada, a Canadian government agency