Bob

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Bob is a common nickname for the given name Robert.

Bob may also refer to:

Science and technology

• Bob (physics), the weight at the end of a pendulum
• Hurricane Bob, first major hurricane of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season
• Alice and Bob, placeholder characters in cryptography and physics problems
• Breakout box, a piece of electronics equipment used to split components or individual leads in a connector

Music

• B.o.B, Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr., American rapper, guitarist and singer-songwriter
• BOB (band), a UK indie pop band
• "Bob" (song), a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic from the album Poodle Hat
• "B.O.B." (song), a song by OutKast
• "Bob", a song by the Drive-By Truckers from the album Brighter Than Creation's Dark
• "Bob", a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from the album One Hot Minute
• "Bob", a song by NOFX from the album White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean
• "Bob", a song by Primus from the album Pork Soda

Companies and organizations

• Building Opportunities with Business, a community economic development non-profit based in Vancouver, Canada
• Bank of Baroda, in India
• Bank of Botswana, the central bank of Botswana
• Boys of Bangladesh, a network of gay men in Bangladesh

Video games and computers

• B.O.B. (video game), a side-scrolling shooter by Electronic Arts
• Bob (Tekken), a character in the video game series Tekken
• Bob, the Jagex cat in RuneScape
• Evil Bob, a random event in RuneScape
• Bob, a character in Bubble Bobble
• Bob, a character in the video game Animal Crossing
• Microsoft Bob, a software product
• B.O.B. (Big-O-Blaster), a machine in the video game Banjo-Tooie
• Blitter object, a graphics construct
• Born on Board, the humans in the Marathon Trilogy computer games
• Bob Page, a character from the video game Deus Ex

Comics

• Bob the Tomato, one of the principal characters in the VeggieTales video series
• Bob (First Comics), a "watchlizard" from the First Comics series GrimJack
• Bob, a character in Weebl and Bob
• Bob, an eponymous main character of the sprite comic Bob and George
• Bob, Agent of HYDRA, a Marvel Comics character
• Bob (comics), a name for several comics

Television

• Killer BOB, a villain from the television series Twin Peaks
• Bob (Blackadder character), two characters in the television comedy Blackadder
• Bob (The Dresden Files), a character featured in the novels and TV show The Dresden Files
• Bob, one of the main characters in ReBoot
• Bob the Builder
• Bob the Killer Goldfish, a character in the Earthworm Jim universe
• Smilin' Bob, a character in commercials for Enzyte
• Bob, a character in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
• Sideshow Bob, a character in the television show The Simpsons
• Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)
• Bob (TV series), a television comedy starring Bob Newhart

Film

• Silent Bob, a character in several Kevin Smith films, including Dogma and Chasing Amy
• B.O.B. (Benzoate Ostylezene Bicarbonate), gelatinous creature in the film Monsters vs Aliens
• Bob, title character in the movie What About Bob?
• Planet Bob, also known as New Earth, in the film Titan A.E.

Books

• Almighty Bob, a fictional deity in Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
• Bob, one of the human characters on Sesame Street

People

• Brendan O'Brien, Irish journalist
• J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, figurehead of the satirical Church of the SubGenius
• Bob Olin, American world champion light heavyweight boxer
• Ioan Bob, Bishop of Făgăraş of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1783 to 1830

Military

• The Battle of Britain
• Berlin Operating Base, the CIA station in Berlin during the Cold War

Other uses

• Bob cut, a hairstyle
• Bob, a slang term in Great Britain for the shilling
• Bob campaign, a campaign promoting designated driving
• Rob (disambiguation)
• BOB (psychedelic), a psychedelic drug
• Baby on Board
• Bank One Ballpark, now Chase Field
• Basketball Owl Band, pep band unit of the Rice University Marching Owl Band
• Battle of bands, a competition between multiple bands
• Bayerische Oberlandbahn, a private German railway
• Beast of burden (disambiguation)
• Beijing Olympic Broadcasting
• Bend Over Boyfriend, slang term for a sexual practice
• Berner Oberland Bahn, a mountain railway in Switzerland
• Best of Biotech, an international life science business plan competition organized by Austria Wirtschaftsservice
• Best of Breed, an award in dog shows and other settings
• Big Orange Ball, military slang for the Sun
• Body Opponent Bag, a punching bag shaped like a human head and torso
• BOB, ISO 4217 currency code for the Bolivian boliviano currency
• BOB, IATA code for Bora Bora Airport
• Bug-out bag, an emergency kit
• Buy on board

See also

• Robert (disambiguation)
• Bobby (disambiguation)

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