GB

GB

GB may stand for:

In geography

* Gabon (FIPS 10-4 and NATO (obsolete) country code: GB), a country in Central Africa.
* Gambia (ICAO airport designator prefix and WMO country code: GB), a country in West Africa.
* Great Britain, an island in Europe.
** Note that the ISO 3166 country code GB stands for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and not the island of Great Britain, UK is usually used when referring to the country.
* Guinea Bissau (casual abbreviation G.B.), a country in West Africa.

In politics

* Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

In language

* Gb (digraph), a digraph in the Latin alphabet.
* Government and binding, theory by Noam Chomsky.

In science

* Sarin, nerve gas (NATO designation: GB).
* Guillain-Barré syndrome, acute inflammatory polyneuropathy.

In electronics and computing

* Gigabit (Gb), a unit of information used, for example, to quantify computer memory or storage capacity.
* Gigabyte (GB), a unit of information used, for example, to quantify computer memory or storage capacity.
* Gain-bandwidth product (GB or GBW), product of amplifier midband gain and bandwidth (e.g., unity-gain frequency of frequency compensated operational amplifiers).
* Game Boy line, a line of handheld video game consoles.
* GB 2312 or GB 18030, two encoding schemes for rendering Simplified Chinese characters.

In transportation

* GB Airways.
* ABX Air (IATA airline designator: GB).

In food

* GB Glace, a Swedish ice cream company.
* Griesedieck Brothers beer.
* GB Supermarkets, a Belgian chain.

In music

* Garth Brooks, a country music singer.
* Gnarls Barkley, an alternative hip-hop group.
* Glen Benton, the Bassist/Vocalist of the Death Metal band Deicide (band).
* Gorilla Biscuits, a hardcore punk group.

Other

* Gary Busey.
* Ghostbusters, a 1984 comedy film.
* Girls' Brigade, a Christian organization for girls.
* Grande Bibliothèque, a large public library in Montreal.
* University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
* Guobiao, Chinese National Standards.
* GunBound, a computer game.
* Gardner Bender, a manufacturer of professional electrician's tools and supplies.
* Garbage Bowl, often used by Rachael Ray in Food Network's 30 Minute Meals.
* Giant Brain, creator of the phrase "Educate and Elevate".


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