WB (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Organizations
- Warner Bros.Warner Bros.Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
, a large American film and television company- The WB Television NetworkThe WB Television NetworkThe WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
, a United States television network from 1995–2006 - WB ChannelWB ChannelWB is a cable and satellite TV channel launched by Time Warner and Turner International India Pvt Ltd exclusively for India. The channel is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The channel features a mix of Hollywood movies and TV series from the WB Vault...
, an Indian (Dish TV) English entertainment Channel from Warner Bros
- The WB Television Network
- RwandAirRwandAirRwandAir is an airline with its head office on the grounds of Kigali International Airport in Kigali, Rwanda. It is the national carrier operating services to East Africa, Central Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa and the Middle East.-History:...
, a Rwandan airline whose International Air Transport Association code is "WB" - WachoviaWachoviaWachovia was a diversified financial services company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before its acquisition by Wells Fargo in 2008, Wachovia was the fourth-largest bank holding company in the United States based on total assets...
, an American banking chain whose former New York Stock Exchange ID is "WB". - WB MasonWB MasonW.B. Mason is a privately held large office supply contract retailer that competes with Staples, OfficeMax, and Office Depot. W.B. Mason primarily serves the New England and Mid-Atlantic areas of the United States. They have 29 distribution centers, roughly 1800 employees , 770 sales...
, an American office supply company - World Bank GroupWorld Bank GroupThe World Bank Group is a family of five international organizations that makes leveraged loans, generally to poor countries.The Bank came into formal existence on 27 December 1945 following international ratification of the Bretton Woods agreements, which emerged from the United Nations Monetary...
, an International finance organization - WhataburgerWhataburgerWhataburger is a privately held, regional restaurant chain specializing in hamburgers. The company, founded by Harmon Dobson, opened its first restaurant in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1950...
, a fast-food restaurant chain in the southern United States from Florida to Arizona - WildBlue, a satellite internet service provider
- Waagner BiroWaagner BiroWaagner-Biro is a Vienna, Austria-based corporation which owns companies in steel and mechanical engineering. It has about 1000 employees in 14 locations in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.-Businesses:...
, an Austrian company
Places
- West BengalWest BengalWest Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
, a state in eastern India, whose ISO abbreviation is "IN-WB" - West BankWest BankThe West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...
of the river Jordan, a disputed region in the Middle East - West Brighton, a neighborhood on the North Shore of Staten Island, colloquially termed "the WB" or "the West"
Scientific terms
- Western blotting, in diagnosis
- Weber (unit)Weber (unit)In physics, the weber is the SI unit of magnetic flux. A flux density of one Wb/m2 is one tesla.The weber is named for the German physicist Wilhelm Eduard Weber .- Definition :...
, the SI unit of magnetic flux, whose base symbol is Wb - White balance, a technical term in color photography
- Woronin bodyWoronin bodyA Woronin body is a peroxisome-derived, dense core microbody with a double membrane found near the septae that divide hyphal compartments in filamentous Ascomycota. One established function of Woronin bodies is the plugging of the septal pores after hyphal wounding, which restricts theloss of...
, a microbody in the hyphae of filamentous Ascomycota