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BB, Bb, or similar, may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

BB numbers, in the catalogue of works by Béla Bartók
"BB", a chant supporting Big Brother in Nineteen Eighty-Four
BB, a 2017 album by Mod Sun
BB, a character in Beast Wars II: Super Life-Form Transformers
Beyond Birthday, a character from the novel Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases
Big Brother (franchise), a TV reality competition
BB, production code for 1966 Doctor Who serial The War Machines

Businesses and organizations

BB Bloggingsbooks, an imprint of OmniScriptum
BB Microlight, a Hungarian aircraft manufacturer
Banco do Brasil, a Brazilian financial services company
Bavarian Peasants' League (Bayerischer Bauernbund), a former German political party
BlackBerry Limited (stock ticker BB), Canadian technology company
Borderland Beat, a news blog covering the Mexican drug war
Boys' Brigade, a Christian youth organization

People

BB, pseudonym of author and artist Denys Watkins-Pitchford
BB, monogram of artist Bessie Bamber
BB, American rapper and member of CUZZOS
B. B. King (1925–2015), American musician and songwriter
BB Trickz (Belize Nicolau Kazi, born 2000), Spanish rapper
Brigitte Bardot (born 1934), French actress often referred to by her initials BB
Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007), former Pakistani prime minister, nickname BB
Bipasha Basu (born 1979), Indian actress, nickname BB

Places

BB postcode area, Blackburn, England
Barbados (ISO 3166 code BB)
- .bb, top-level domain for Barbados

Science

Branch and bound, a method for solving optimization problems
Busy beaver class in computing theory, a type of Turing Machine
Beta blocker, medication used to manage arrhythmias

Transportation

Air

BB Airways, a former Nepalese airline
Balair, a defunct Swiss airline, IATA airline code BB
Seaborne Airlines, IATA airline code BB

Rail

Buckingham Branch Railroad, reporting mark BB, in Virginia, U.S.
Bürgenstock Funicular (Bürgenstock-Bahn), a Swiss funicular railway
NZR B^B class, a New Zealand locomotive class
B-B, a classification of AAR wheel arrangement of railway locomotives
B (New York City Subway service), known as BB before 1967

Other uses in transportation

Toyota bB, a car sold in Japan
BB, classification of battleships of the United States Navy

Other uses

BB (ammunition), ammunition for a BB gun
Base on balls in baseball, commonly known as a walk
BB cream, a type of cosmetic

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-==In arts and entertainment==
+==Arts and entertainment==
+* BB numbers, in the catalogue of works by [[Béla Bartók#Catalogues|Béla Bartók]]
-<!--Do not add entries that are not commonly known by these letters; see WP:DABABBREV -->
+* "BB", a chant supporting [[Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|Big Brother]] in ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''
+* ''BB'', a 2017 album by [[Mod Sun]]
+* BB, a character in ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Life-Form Transformers]]''
+* Beyond Birthday, a character from the novel ''[[Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases]]''
+* [[Big Brother (franchise)|''Big Brother'' (franchise)]], a TV reality competition
+* BB, production code for 1966 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''[[The War Machines]]''
+== Businesses and organizations ==
-*BB, abbreviation for a catalogue of works by [[Béla Bartók#Catalogues and opus numbers|Béla Bartók]]
+{{see also|#Transportation}}
-* [[BB (album)|''BB'' (album)]], by Mod Sun (2017)
-*"[[BB Talk]]", 2015 song by Miley Cyrus
+* [[BB Bloggingsbooks]], an imprint of OmniScriptum
-*[[BB (Transformers)]], a character in the franchise
+* [[BB Microlight]], a Hungarian aircraft manufacturer
+* [[Banco do Brasil]], a Brazilian financial services company
-*BB, pseudonym of author and artist [[Denys Watkins-Pitchford]]
+* [[Bavarian Peasants' League]] (''Bayerischer Bauernbund''), a former German political party
-*BB, an [[AAlib]] ASCII art demo for MS-DOS and Linux
+* [[BlackBerry Limited]] (stock ticker BB), Canadian technology company
-*[[Les B.B.]], a Canadian band from Quebec
+* [[Borderland Beat]], a news blog covering the Mexican drug war
-*[[Baahubali (franchise)|''Baahubali'' (franchise)]], an Indian historical epic media franchise, often abbreviated as ''BB''
+* [[Boys' Brigade]], a Christian youth organization
-*[[BattleBots]], a robot combat TV show <!-- from the 2020–2021 logo "BB" -->
-*[[Beast Boy]], a comic book character
-*Beyond Birthday, a character from the novel ''[[Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases]]''
-*[[Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|Big Brother (''Nineteen Eighty-Four'')]] or BB in Orwell's novel
-*[[Big Brother (TV series)|''Big Brother'' (TV series)]], home living reality TV popularity contest show
-*[[Billy Butcher]], supporting character and final antagonist of ''The Boys'' comic book series
-*BB, the production code for the 1966 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''[[The War Machines]]''
-*Balloon Boy, an animatronic character in [[Five Nights at Freddy's]]
-*[[BB-8]], a robot in the Star Wars franchise
-*[[Breaking Bad]]
-*[[Bugs Bunny]]
-== Businesses and organisations ==
-*BB 2000 Ltd, publisher of [[British Birds (magazine)|''British Birds'']]
-*[[BB Bloggingsbooks]], an imprint of the German group VDM Publishing
-*[[BB Microlight]], a Hungarian ultralight aircraft manufacturer
-*[[Balair]] (IATA airline code)
-*[[Banco do Brasil|Banco do Brasil S.A.]], largest Brazilian and Latin American bank by assets
-*[[Bavarian Peasants' League]] or BB, a former German political party
-*[[BlackBerry Limited]] (stock ticker BB), Canadian technology company
-*[[Borderland Beat]], an English-language news blog covering the Mexican Drug War
-*[[Boys' Brigade]], a Christian youth organization
-*[[Seaborne Airlines]], IATA airline code
 == People ==
+* BB, pseudonym of author and artist [[Denys Watkins-Pitchford]]
-*[[Brigitte Bardot]] (born 1934), French actress
+* BB, monogram of artist [[Bessie Bamber]]
-*[[Benazir Bhutto]] (1953–2007), former Pakistani prime minister
+* BB, American rapper and member of [[CUZZOS]]
-*[[Denys Watkins-Pitchford]] (1905–1990), British children's author's pseudonym
+* [[B. B. King]] (1925–2015), American musician and songwriter
-*[[Bipasha Basu]] (born 1979), Indian actress, referred to by the shorthand B. B.
+* [[BB Trickz]] (Belize Nicolau Kazi, born 2000), Spanish rapper
-*[[Balayya Babu]] or BB, nicknames of Indian actor [[Balakrishna (actor)|Balakrishna]] (born 1960)
+* [[Brigitte Bardot]] (born 1934), French actress often referred to by her initials BB
-**[[Balakrishna (actor)|Balakrishna]]-[[Boyapati Srinu|Boyapati]], Indian actor and director duo, known as BB, cf. [[BB3 (film)|''BB3'']]
+* [[Benazir Bhutto]] (1953–2007), former Pakistani prime minister, nickname BB
+* [[Bipasha Basu]] (born 1979), Indian actress, nickname BB
 == Places ==
-*[[BB postcode area]], Blackburn, England
+* [[BB postcode area]], Blackburn, England
-*[[Barbados]] (ISO and NATO 2-letter country code BB)
+* [[Barbados]] (ISO 3166 code BB)
-**[[.bb]], the top-level domain for Barbados
+** [[.bb]], top-level domain for Barbados
-*[[Bourbon County, Kansas]] (state county code)
-*[[Brandenburg]], Germany (ISO 3166-2 code BB)
 ==Science==
-*[[Branch and bound]], a general algorithm for finding optimal solutions
+* [[Branch and bound]], a method for solving optimization problems
-*[[Busy beaver]] class in computing theory, a type of Turing Machine
+* [[Busy beaver]] class in computing theory, a type of Turing Machine
-*[[Beta blocker]], medication used to manage arrhythmias and to protect the heart from a second heart attack after a first heart attack
+* [[Beta blocker]], medication used to manage arrhythmias
 == Transportation ==
+===Air===
-*[[BB Microlight]], a Hungarian ultralight aircraft manufacturer
+* [[BB Airways]], a former Nepalese airline
-*[[Bürgenstock-Bahn]], a funicular railway in the Swiss canton of Nidwalden
+* Balair, [[List of defunct airlines of Switzerland|a defunct Swiss airline]], IATA airline code BB
-*[[Toyota bB]], a car sold in Japan
+* [[Seaborne Airlines]], IATA airline code BB
-*[[NZR Bb class]], a New Zealand locomotive class
+===Rail===
-*[[Balair]] (IATA airline code BB, 1925-2001)
+* [[Buckingham Branch Railroad]], reporting mark BB, in Virginia, U.S.
-*[[Seaborne Airlines]] (IATA airline code BB, 1992-present)
+* [[Bürgenstock Funicular]] (''Bürgenstock-Bahn''), a Swiss funicular railway
-*[[Buckingham Branch Railroad]] (reporting mark BB)
+* [[NZR BB class|NZR B<sup>B</sup> class]], a New Zealand locomotive class
-*[[Battleship]], a U.S. Navy hull classification symbol
+* B-B, a classification of [[AAR wheel arrangement]] of railway locomotives
-*[[B (New York City Subway service)]], known as BB before 1967
+* [[B (New York City Subway service)]], known as BB before 1967
-*B-B, a classification of [[AAR wheel arrangement]] of railway locomotives
+===Other uses in transportation===
+* [[Toyota bB]], a car sold in Japan
+* BB, classification of [[List of battleships of the United States Navy|battleships of the United States Navy]]
 == Other uses ==
-*[[BB (ammunition)]], ammunition for a BB gun
+* [[BB (ammunition)]], ammunition for a BB gun
-*[[Base on balls]] in baseball, commonly known as a walk
+* [[Base on balls]] in baseball, commonly known as a walk
-*[[BB cream]], a type of cosmetic
+* [[BB cream]], a type of cosmetic
-*[[Bed and breakfast]] or B&B, a style of accommodation
-*[[BBCode]], a lightweight markup language used to format posts in many message boards
 ==See also==
+*{{lookfrom}}
-*[[B-flat (disambiguation)]] (B♭)
-*[[B&B (disambiguation)]]
+* [[B-flat (disambiguation)]] (B♭)
-*[[Bebe (disambiguation)]]
+* [[B&B (disambiguation)]]
-*[[Beebee (disambiguation)]]
+* [[Bebe (disambiguation)]]
-*[[Bibi (disambiguation)]]
+* [[Beebe (disambiguation)]]
+* [[Beebee (disambiguation)]]
+* [[Bibi (disambiguation)]]
+* [[BBCode]], a lightweight markup language
+* [[Bed and breakfast]] or B&B, a small lodging establishment
+* [[Dobol B TV]] ('Double B TV'), a Philippines news program
+* [[Les B.B.]], a Canadian band
-{{disambiguation|human name|geo|ship}}
+{{disambiguation|geo|nickname}}