KB

The abbreviation KB or kb can refer to:

• kilobyte (kB or KB), equal to 1,000 bytes or 1024 bytes depending on context, or kibibyte (KiB), equal to 1,024 bytes.
• kilobit (kb), equal to 1,000 bits or 1024 bits (depending on context), or kibibit (Kibit), equal to 1,024 bits.
• Knowledge base, a collection of knowledge helping users with a given product.
• Knowledge Bowl, an interdisciplinary academic competition.
• Keyboard, such as:
  • Alphanumeric keyboard, a data entry device.
  • Keyboard instrument, a musical instrument.
• Base dissociation constant (K_b), the constant which refers to the equilibrium in which a base reacts with H₂O to form a corresponding conjugate acid and OH^-.
• Boltzmann constant (k_b), the physical constant which relates temperature to energy.
• Knight of the Bath, a former rank (before 1847) of the Order of the Bath, a part of the British honours system; sometimes also refers to Knight Bachelor.
• King's Bench, an ancient English court, or the legal citation denoting a case in such court.
• Kilo-base pair (kb or kbp), a unit of measurement of DNA or RNA length used in genetics, equal to 1,000 nucleotides.
• KB Home, a major American home builder.
• KB Toys, a United States toy retail chain.
• K&B, a local drug store in New Orleans, Louisiana, that was bought by Rite Aid.
• Kungliga biblioteket, the National Library of Sweden
• Komercni Banka, a bank in the Czech Republic.
• Dutch Royal Library (Koninklijke Bibliotheek), the national library of the Netherlands.
• Kookmin Bank, the largest bank in South Korea.
• KB Banki, a bank in Iceland.
• Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, Continental Europe's oldest football club founded April 26, 1876, in Copenhagen.
• Druk Air (IATA code: KB), the national airline of Bhutan.
• Kobe Bryant, an NBA superstar.
• NASCAR driver Kurt Busch or his brother Kyle
• ebullioscopic constant (K_b), the constant which relates molality to boiling-point elevation.

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