Science and technology

• Bob (physics)
  Bob (physics)
  A bob is the weight on the end of a pendulum most commonly, but not exclusively, found in pendulum clocks.- Reason for use :Although a pendulum can theoretically be any shape, any rigid object swinging on a pivot, clock pendulums are usually made of a weight or bob attached to the bottom end of a...
  
  , the weight at the end of a pendulum
• Hurricane Bob
  Hurricane Bob
  Hurricane Bob was one of the costliest hurricanes in New England history. The second named storm and first hurricane of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season, Bob developed from an area of low pressure near The Bahamas on August 16. The depression steadily intensified, and became Tropical Storm Bob...
  
  , first major hurricane of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season
• Alice and Bob
  Alice and Bob
  The names Alice and Bob are commonly used placeholder names for archetypal characters in fields such as cryptography and physics. The names are used for convenience; for example, "Alice sends a message to Bob encrypted with his public key" is easier to follow than "Party A sends a message to Party...
  
  , placeholder characters in cryptography and physics problems
• Breakout box
  Breakout box
  A breakout box is an electrical device, usually housed in a box, in which a compound electrical connector is separated or "broken out" into its component connectors. Compound connectors are used where sufficient space for connections is unavailable...
  
  , a piece of electronics equipment used to split components or individual leads in a connector

Music

• B.o.B
  B.o.B
  Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr. , better known by his stage name B.o.B, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is currently signed under the labels of Grand Hustle Records, Rebel Rock Entertainment, and Atlantic Records. His debut single "Nothin' on You" reached number one in both...
  
  , Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr., American rapper, guitarist and singer-songwriter
• BOB (band)
  BOB (band)
  -History:The initial line-up was Richard Blackborow , Simon Armstrong . Jem Morris , joined the duo in 1986, and, augmented with a drum machine, they recorded the band's first release, a flexi disc, released in 1986 on their own House Of Teeth label, and containing three short songs: "Prune ",...
  
  , 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
  Brighter Than Creation's Dark
  Brighter Than Creation's Dark is the seventh studio album released by Drive-By Truckers. It was released on January 22, 2008 in the United States. Recorded during and after the acoustic Dirt Underneath Tour, the album features a more stripped down, and country based sound not seen since their...
  
  
• "Bob", a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from the album One Hot Minute
  One Hot Minute
  One Hot Minute is the sixth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 12, 1995, on Warner Bros. Records...
  
  
• "Bob", a song by NOFX from the album White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean
  White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean
  White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean is the fourth studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on November 5, 1992 through Epitaph Records. It is the first NOFX album to feature El Hefe on guitar, replacing Steve Kidwiller, who left the band in 1991...
  
  
• "Bob", a song by Primus from the album Pork Soda
  Pork Soda
  -Personnel:Primus*Les Claypool – basses, mandolin, vocals*Larry LaLonde – guitar, six-string banjo*Tim "Herb" Alexander – drumsProduction*Derek Featherstone – engineer*Leslie Gerard-Smith – project coordinator...
  
  

Companies and organizations

• Building Opportunities with Business
  Building Opportunities with Business
  Building Opportunities with Business Inner-City Society is a non-profit organization that has been active in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Chinatown, Strathcona, Mt Pleasant, Gastown and Downtown South areas since October 2005...
  
  , a community economic development non-profit based in Vancouver, Canada
• Bank of Baroda
  Bank of Baroda
  Bank of Baroda is the third largest bank in India, after the State Bank of India and the Punjab National Bank and ahead of ICICI Bank. BoB is ranked 763 in Forbes Global 2000 list. BoB has total assets in excess of Rs. 3.58 lakh crores, or Rs. 3,583 billion, a network of over 3,409 branches and...
  
  , in India
• Bank of Botswana
  Bank of Botswana
  The Bank of Botswana is the central bank of Botswana.When Botswana gained independence from Britain in 1966, the country was part of the Rand Monetary Area. In 1974 Botswana withdrew from the RMA, and the Bank of Botswana and Financial Institution Acts established the legal framework for a central...
  
  , the central bank of Botswana
• Boys of Bangladesh
  Boys of Bangladesh
  Boys of Bangladesh, popularly known as BoB, is the oldest and the largest network of self-identified Bangladeshi gay men from home and abroad. Based in Dhaka, this non-registered, non-funded and non-formal group is run by a pull of volunteers.-History:...
  
  , 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
  RuneScape
  RuneScape is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game released in January 2001 by Andrew and Paul Gower, and developed and published by Jagex Games Studio. It is a graphical browser game implemented on the client-side in Java, and incorporates 3D rendering...
  
  
• Evil Bob, a random event in RuneScape
  RuneScape
  RuneScape is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game released in January 2001 by Andrew and Paul Gower, and developed and published by Jagex Games Studio. It is a graphical browser game implemented on the client-side in Java, and incorporates 3D rendering...
  
  
• Bob, a character in Bubble Bobble
  Bubble Bobble
  is an arcade game by Taito, first released in 1986 and later ported to numerous home computers and game consoles. The game, starring the twin Bubble Dragons and , is an action-platform game in which players travel through one hundred different stages, blowing and bursting bubbles, avoiding...
  
  
• Bob, a character in the video game Animal Crossing
  Animal Crossing
  The Animal Crossing games have garnered positive response. The first three games are among the best-selling for their respective consoles. Animal Crossing has sold 2.321 million copies; Wild World 10.79 million; and City Folk 3.38 million...
  
  
• Microsoft Bob
  Microsoft Bob
  Microsoft Bob was a Microsoft software product, released in March 1995, which provided a new, nontechnical interface to desktop computing operations. It was one of Microsoft's more visible product failures...
  
  , a software product
• B.O.B. (Big-O-Blaster), a machine in the video game Banjo-Tooie
  Banjo-Tooie
  Banjo-Tooie is a platform and action-adventure hybrid video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo in 2000 for the Nintendo 64 as a part of the Banjo-Kazooie series. The game is the successor to Banjo-Kazooie and was one of the most anticipated sequels for the Nintendo 64.The game's story...
  
  
• Blitter object
  Blitter object
  A Bob was a graphical element first used by the Amiga computer. Bobs were hardware sprite-like objects, movable on the screen with the help of the blitter coprocessor....
  
  , 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
  Weebl and Bob
  The Everyday Happenings of Weebl is a Flash cartoon series created by Jonti Picking and co-scripted by Chris Vick .-Main summary:...
  
  
• Bob, an eponymous main character of the sprite comic Bob and George
  Bob and George
  Bob and George was a sprite-based webcomic which parodied the fictional universe of Mega Man. It is written by David Anez, a physics instructor who lives in the American Midwest. The comic first appeared on April 1, 2000 and ran until July 28, 2007...
  
  
• Bob, Agent of HYDRA
  Bob, Agent of HYDRA
  Bob, Agent of HYDRA, is a fictional mercenary in the Marvel Comics Universe, and a sidekick of Deadpool.-Publication history:Bob returns in Deadpool #6-7 , "How Low Can You Go?", which deals with the implications of Dark Reign, the Secret Invasion aftermath. Writer Daniel Way has said "From day...
  
  , a Marvel Comics character
• Bob (comics)
  Bob (comics)
  Bob, in comics, may refer to:*Bob, Agent of HYDRA, a Marvel Comics character associated with Deadpool*Bob , a "watchlizard" from the First Comics series GrimJack...
  
  , a name for several comics

Television

• Killer BOB, a villain from the television series Twin Peaks
• Bob (Blackadder character)
  Bob (Blackadder character)
  Bob is a pseudonym used by two characters in the sitcom Blackadder, both female and played by Gabrielle Glaister.-Blackadder II:Kate, who goes by the pseudonym "Bob", is one of the first characters to appear in Blackadder II...
  
  , two characters in the television comedy Blackadder
• Bob (The Dresden Files)
  Bob (The Dresden Files)
  Bob is a fictional character in the book series The Dresden Files and its TV series spin off, in which he is portrayed by Terrence Mann. The following biography pertains strictly to the television version of the character, who is significantly different from the literary version.- Fictional...
  
  , a character featured in the novels and TV show The Dresden Files
• Bob, one of the main characters in ReBoot
  ReBoot
  ReBoot is a Canadian CGI-animated action-adventure cartoon series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001. It was produced by Vancouver-based production company Mainframe Entertainment, Alliance Communications, BLT Productions and created by Gavin Blair, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell and John Grace,...
  
  
• Bob the Builder
  Bob the Builder
  Bob the Builder is a British children's animated television show created by Keith Chapman. In the original series Bob appears as a building contractor specialising in masonry in a stop motion animated programme with his colleague Wendy, various neighbours and friends, and their gang of...
  
  
• Bob the Killer Goldfish, a character in the Earthworm Jim universe
• Smilin' Bob, a character in commercials for Enzyte
  Enzyte
  Enzyte is a herbal nutritional supplement originally manufactured by Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals of Cincinnati, Ohio. The manufacturer has claimed Enzyte promotes "natural male enhancement", which is suggestive of a euphemism for penile enlargement...
  
  
• Bob, a character in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
• Sideshow Bob
  Sideshow Bob
  Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, better known as Sideshow Bob, is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Kelsey Grammer and first appeared briefly in the episode "The Telltale Head". Bob is a self-proclaimed genius who is a graduate of Yale, a member of...
  
  , a character in the television show The Simpsons
• Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)
• Bob (TV series)
  Bob (TV series)
  Bob is an American television situation comedy starring Bob Newhart. It was the actor's third series for CBS and proved to be far less successful than The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart, his previous outings with the network. It lasted a season and a half, running from September 18, 1992 until...
  
  , 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?
  What About Bob?
  What About Bob? is a 1991 comedy film directed by Frank Oz, and starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. Murray plays Bob Wiley, a multiphobic psychiatric patient who follows his successful and egotistical psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin on vacation...
  
  
• Planet Bob, also known as New Earth, in the film Titan A.E.
  Titan A.E.
  Titan A.E. is an American animated post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman released in 2000. The title refers to the spacecraft that is central to the plot, with A.E. meaning "After Earth."...
  
  

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
  Bob Olin
  Robert Lous "Bob" Olin was an American boxer.He won the World Light Heavyweight Championship.-Boxing career:In 1928 Olin won the New York City Golden Gloves Open Championship...
  
  , American world champion light heavyweight boxer
• Ioan Bob
  Ioan Bob
  Ioan Bob, was Bishop of Făgăraş and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1783 to his death in 1830.- Life :Ioan Bob was born from a noble Romanian family in October or November 1739 in Orman, near Iclod in Kolozs County, now Romania. He attended the secondary schools by the Jesuits...
  
  , Bishop of Făgăraş of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1783 to 1830

Military

• The Battle of Britain
  Battle of Britain
  The Battle of Britain is the name given to the World War II air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940...
  
  
• Berlin Operating Base
  Berlin Operating Base
  Berlin Operating Base, or B.O.B., was the CIA station in West Germany during the Cold War.The station was run by legendary CIA officer William Harvey.His main subordinate was CIA officer Henry Hecksher....
  
  , the CIA station in Berlin during the Cold War

Other uses

• Bob cut
  Bob cut
  A "bob cut" is a short haircut for women in which the hair is typically cut straight around the head at about jaw-level, often with a fringe at the front.-The beginning:...
  
  , a hairstyle
• Bob, a slang term in Great Britain for the shilling
  Shilling
  The shilling is a unit of currency used in some current and former British Commonwealth countries. The word shilling comes from scilling, an accounting term that dates back to Anglo-Saxon times where it was deemed to be the value of a cow in Kent or a sheep elsewhere. The word is thought to derive...
  
  
• Bob campaign
  Bob campaign
  The Bob campaign aims to raise awareness of the dangers of driving while intoxicated; drivers with high blood alcohol content are at increased risk of car accidents, highway injuries and vehicular deaths. Alongside the general information that is offered during the campaign, there is an increased...
  
  , a campaign promoting designated driving
• Rob (disambiguation)
• BOB (psychedelic)
  BOB (psychedelic)
  BOB, or 4-bromo-2,5,beta-trimethoxyphenethylamine, is a lesser-known psychedelic drug. It is the beta-hydroxy analog of 2C-B. BOB was first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin. In his book PiHKAL , the dosage range is listed as 10–20 mg, and the duration listed as 10–20 hours...
  
  , a psychedelic drug
• Baby on Board
  Baby On Board
  Baby on Board is the message of a small sign intended to be placed in the back window of an automobile to encourage safe driving. First marketed in September 1984 by Safety 1st Corporation, the sign became a ubiquitous fad, flourishing in 1985...
  
  
• Bank One Ballpark, now Chase Field
• Basketball Owl Band, pep band unit of the Rice University Marching Owl Band
  Marching Owl Band
  The Marching Owl Band is the Rice University "marching band" in the sense that it is the official ensemble that performs during football games, some basketball games, parades, and other public events...
  
  
• Battle of bands
  Battle of Bands
  Battle of Bauds was a battle fought in 962 in an area known as the Bauds, south of Findochty and West of Cullen, Scotland between Scotland under king Indulf, and Danish pirates. The Danes had been raiding and burning through Scotland, and had won numerous victorious skirmishes against the Scots,...
  
  , a competition between multiple bands
• Bayerische Oberlandbahn, a private German railway
• Beast of burden (disambiguation)
• Beijing Olympic Broadcasting
  Beijing Olympic Broadcasting
  Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Co., Ltd was a Chinese broadcasting company which produced the main international feeds for the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Paralympics...
  
  
• Bend Over Boyfriend
  Bend Over Boyfriend
  B-O-B is a "wildly successful" series of sex education videos covering the practice of a woman penetrating a man's anus with a strap-on dildo . The first of the two videos, which was released in 1998, became the best selling video to date for Good Vibrations, a sex-toy business. The video was also...
  
  , slang term for a sexual practice
• Berner Oberland Bahn, a mountain railway in Switzerland
• Best of Biotech
  Best of Biotech
  Best of Biotech is an international business plan competition with focus on life sciences, i.e. Biotechnology, Medical technology and related fields. The competition is organized every 1–2 years by LISA , a program run by Austria Wirtschaftsservice, the Austrian federal development and financing...
  
  , an international life science business plan competition organized by Austria Wirtschaftsservice
• Best of Breed
  Best of Breed
  Best of Breed is the title given to the dog who has been judged the best representative specimen of its breed at a conformation show.Dogs compete in a hierarchical fashion at each show, where winners at lower levels are gradually combined to narrow the winners until the final round, where Best in...
  
  , an award in dog shows and other settings
• Big Orange Ball, military slang
  Military slang
  Military slang is an array of colloquial terminology used commonly by military personnel, including slang which is unique to or originates with the armed forces. It often takes the form of abbreviations/acronyms or derivations of the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, or otherwise incorporates aspects of...
  
   for the Sun
• Body Opponent Bag, a punching bag
  Punching bag
  A punching bag or punch-bag is a sturdy bag designed to be repeatedly punched. It's used for conditioning, physical exercise, and stress relief...
  
   shaped like a human head and torso
• BOB, ISO 4217 code for the Bolivian boliviano
  Bolivian boliviano
  The boliviano is the currency of Bolivia. It is divided into 100 centavos. Boliviano was also the name of the currency of Bolivia between 1864 and 1963.-First boliviano:...
  
   currency
• BOB, IATA code for Bora Bora Airport
  Bora Bora Airport
  Bora Bora Airport , also known as Motu Mute Airport, is an airport serving the island of Bora Bora in French Polynesia. It is located on the islet of Motu Mute....
  
  
• Bug-out bag
  Bug-out bag
  A bug-out bag is a portable kit that contains the items one would require to survive for seventy-two hours when evacuating from a disaster. It is also known as a 72-hour kit, a grab bag, a battle box, and other popular names include "Personal Emergency Relocation Kits" GO Bag and GOOD bag...
  
  , an emergency kit
• Buy on board
  Buy on board
  In commercial flight, buy on board is a system where food or beverages are paid for on board; often food or beverages are not included in the ticket price for certain fare classes....