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B is the second letter of the Latin alphabet.
B may also refer to:
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Science and technology
- B battery, a battery used to provide the plate voltage of a vacuum tube
- Haplogroup B (mtDNA), a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup
- Haplogroup B (Y-DNA), a Y-chromosomal DNA (Y-DNA) haplogroup
- B, Blood type
- ATC code B Blood and blood forming organs, a section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System
- Boron, a chemical element
- B, B+ and B-, expressions of buoyancy in convective available potential energy
- Bulb (photography), a shutter-speed setting
Astronomy
- B, abbreviation for astronomical objects in the Barnard list of dark nebulae
- b represents latitude in the Galactic coordinate system
Symbols for physical and chemical quantities and units
- one of the reciprocal lattice vectors (b*)
- breadth (b), see length
- impact parameter (b)
- molality (b)
- barn (unit) (b), a unit of area
- magnetic field (B)
- napierian absorbance (B)
- rotational constant (B)
- second virial coefficient (B)
- susceptance (B)
- bel (B), a unit of power level
Music, education and religion
- B (musical note)
- B (I Am Kloot album), a compilation album by Manchester band I Am Kloot
- B (grade), for evaluation of students' work
- Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209, an ancient bible
- Barnabites (Latin: Clerici Regulares Sancti Pauli), a religious order abbreviated to the postnominal B.
- ♭ Flat (music), a note lower in pitch by a semitone
Computing and internet
- B (programming language)
- B-Method, for computer software development
- b, bit
- B, byte
/b/, the name of the "random" board on many imageboard websites, most notably 4chan
Publishing
- b (newspaper), a free daily, tabloid sized newspaper, published by the The Baltimore Sun
Sport
- B, Blood type
- Backline, in Australian Rules football
- B, often used after the name of football clubs to denote a reserve team
Transportation
See also
- Decibel, one tenth of a bel (B)
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