CCB
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CCB may refer to:

In Asian economics:
  • China Construction Bank
    China Construction Bank
    China Construction Bank is one of the 'big four' banks in the People's Republic of China. To date, it is ranked as the nation's second largest and the second largest bank in the world by market capitalization and 12th largest company in the world. The bank has approximately 13,629 domestic branches...

    , one of the 'big four' banks in the People's Republic of China
  • China Construction Bank (Asia), a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong


In Australian schools:
  • Catholic College Bendigo
    Catholic College Bendigo
    Catholic College Bendigo is a Catholic secondary school in the city of Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. About 1800 students attend Catholic College Bendigo's two sites. 200 teachers staff the College....

    , a year 7-12 school in Victoria, Australia


In European culture:
  • Centro Cultural de Belém, the largest building with cultural facilities in Portugal
  • Christian Council of Britain
    Christian Council of Britain
    The Christian Council of Britain is an organisation founded by Rev Robert West. While it claims to be "an independent, non-political organisation autonomous of any political party in Britain," the CCoB is closely associated with the British National Party.West, a former Conservative Party...

    , a small organisation which campaigns against the perceived threat of Islam to British 'Christian Values'.
  • Communität Christusbruderschaft Selbitz
    Communität Christusbruderschaft Selbitz
    The Communität Christusbruderschaft Selbitz is a mixed Religious Order in The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria in Germany....

    , a German Lutheran Religious Order


In medicine:
  • Calcium channel blocker
    Calcium channel blocker
    A calcium channel blocker is a chemical that disrupts the movement of calcium through calcium channels.CCB drugs devised to target neurons are used as antiepileptics. However, the most widespread clinical usage of calcium channel blockers is to decrease blood pressure in patients with...

    , a class of drugs with effects on many excitable cells of the body
  • Center for Computational Biology
    Center for Computational Biology
    The Center for Computational Biology is an NIH-funded center part of the National Centers for Biomedical Computing . The CCB was established to develop, implement and test computational biology methods for modeling, representation, analysis and visualization of biological shape that are applicable...

    , an NIH-funded center
  • Child Care Bureau, a major program within the ACF division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
  • Critical Care Bypass, Ontario hospital specification indicating that it is closed to all ambulance traffic


In other fields:
  • Change control board
    Change control board
    In software development, a Change Control Board or Software Change Control Board is a committee that makes decisions regarding whether or not proposed changes to a software project should be implemented. The change control board is constituted of project stakeholders or their representatives...

     (or Configuration Control Board), a committee that makes decisions regarding whether or not proposed changes to a software project should be implemented
  • Coal
    Coal
    Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...

     combustion byproducts, hazardous waste byproducts such as fly ash that are produced by coal-fired power plants
    Fossil fuel power plant
    A fossil-fuel power station is a power station that burns fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas or petroleum to produce electricity. Central station fossil-fuel power plants are designed on a large scale for continuous operation...

  • Close Combat Badge
    Close Combat Badge
    The Close Combat Badge was an approved badge that was never issued. It was quickly scrapped and replaced by the Combat Action Badge....

    , an approved badge that was never issued
  • Clarens–Chailly–Blonay Railway, a former railway companie in Switzerland
  • Combat Command
    Combat command
    A Combat Command was a combined-arms military organization of comparable size to a brigade or regiment employed by armored forces of the U.S. Army from 1942 until 1963...

     B, a combined-arms military organization of comparable size to a brigade or regiment employed by armored forces of the U.S. Army from 1942-63
  • Common Core Booster
    Common Core Booster
    A modular rocket is a type of multistage rocket which features components that can be interchanged for specific mission requirements. Several such rockets use similar concepts such as unified modules to minimize expenses on manufacturing, transportation and for optimization of support...

    , the modular liquid fuelled first stage of the Atlas V expendable launch system
  • The IATA airport code
    IATA airport code
    An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association...

     for Cable Airport
    Cable Airport
    Cable Airport is a non-towered public-use airport located two miles northwest of the central business district of Upland, a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is privately-owned by the Cable Land Company.-History:...

    , an airport in Upland, California
    Upland, California
    Upland is a city in San Bernardino County, California, located at an elevation of 1,242 feet . As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 73,732, up from 68,393 at the 2000 census. It was incorporated on May 15, 1906, after previously being named North Ontario.-History and culture:Upland...

    , USA
  • Car Club do Brasil, a member of the FIA
    Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
    The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile is a non-profit association established as the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus on 20 June 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users...

  • The Christian Community Bible
    Christian Community Bible
    The Christian Community Bible refers to a family of translations of the Christian Bible intended to be more accessible to ordinary readers, particularly those in Third World countries...

    , a family of translations of the Christian Bible intended to be more accessible to ordinary readers, particularly those in Third World countries
  • Central Carolina Bank and Trust
    Central Carolina Bank and Trust
    Central Carolina Bank and Trust was a bank headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. It began in 1961 with the merger of Durham Bank & Trust and University National Bank of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. CCB merged with SunTrust Banks of Atlanta, Georgia in 2005...

    , a bank formerly headquartered in Durham, North Carolina and taken over by SunTrust Banks
    SunTrust Banks
    SunTrust Banks, Inc., is an American bank holding company. The largest subsidiary is SunTrust Bank. It had US$172.7 billion in assets as of September 30, 2009...

     in 2004
  • Centro Cultural Brasileiro
    Brazilian Cultural Center
    The Brazilian Cultural Center , formerly known as the Center of Brazilian Studies or Center for Brazilian Studies , is an institution subordinated to the Brazilian diplomatic missions in each country, being the main instrument for the execution of the Brazilian cultural policy...



In South Africa:
  • Civil Cooperation Bureau
    Civil Cooperation Bureau
    The South African Civil Cooperation Bureau was a government-sponsored hit squad during the apartheid era that operated under the authority of Defence Minister General Magnus Malan...

    , an apartheid-era covert hit squad


In the Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...

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  • Cole Canoe Base - a summer camp in mid-northern Michigan
    Michigan
    Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

     that is one of two major camps in the Detroit Area Council.


In Environmental Certification:
  • Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance
    Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance
    The Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance is an initiative led by Conservation International, CARE, The Nature Conservancy, Rainforest Alliance, and the Wildlife Conservation Society to promote the development of land management activities that simultaneously deliver significant benefits for...

    , an initiative to promote the development of land management activities that simultaneously deliver significant benefits for climate, local communities, and biodiversity
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