APB may refer to:
Law enforcement and military
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All-points bulletin
An all-points bulletin (APB) is an electronic information broadcast sent from one sender to a group of recipients, to rapidly communicate an important message.Reiter, E. (1970). Police strive to provide protection machines lend valuable assist ...
, a broadcast (about a wanted suspect or missing person) issued from one US law enforcement agency to another
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Acquisition Program Baseline Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) is a term used by the United States Department of Defense to refer to a program threshold and objective values for the minimum number of cost, schedule, and performance attributes that describe the program over it ...
, in the United States military
Media
*"A.P.B.", a song on Womack & Womack's 1984 album ''
Love Wars
''Love Wars'' is the 1983 debut album by musical duo Womack & Womack. The album, described by Chris Rizik of ''SoulTracks'' as "a critical favorite", charted at number 34 on the ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. In his review of the ...
''
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APB (band)
APB is a Scotland, Scottish post-punk rock group, band, formed in 1979, that blended funk rock, punk rock and new wave music. The group had only modest success during its first brief run, yet its influence can be heard in the sound of such ...
, a Scottish band
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Apoptygma Berzerk
Apoptygma Berzerk (; commonly abbreviated to APB or APOP) is a Norwegian band that produces a style of electro rock, industrial rock, synth-pop and ballads backed with electronic rhythms, commonly known within the scene as "futurepop". Apoptygm ...
, a Norwegian electronic music group
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''APB'' (1987 video game)
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APB: All Points Bulletin'', a 2010 massively multiplayer online game for Microsoft Windows
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''APB'' (TV series), an American television series that aired in 2017
Organizations
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Abattoir Public de Bujumbura, a slaughterhouse in Bujumbura, Burundi
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Accounting Principles Board
The Accounting Principles Board (APB) is the former authoritative body of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). It was created by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in 1959 and issued pronouncements on ...
, the former authoritative body of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
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Alliance for Brazil
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Asia Pacific Breweries
Heineken Asia Pacific, formerly Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) is a Singaporean brewery company. Founded in 1931 as a joint venture between Heineken International and Fraser and Neave, it was renamed Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) in 1989 and given i ...
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Atrocities Prevention Board, an interagency body in the U.S. government that evaluates long-term risks of genocide
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Auditing Practices Board
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is an independent regulator in the UK and Ireland based in London Wall in the City of London, responsible for regulating auditors, accountants and actuaries, and setting the UK's Corporate Governance and ...
, a committee of the Financial Reporting Council
Science and technology
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6-APB
6-APB (6-(2-aminopropyl)benzofuran) is an empathogenic psychoactive drug of the substituted benzofuran and substituted phenethylamine classes. 6-APB and other compounds are sometimes informally called "Benzofury" in newspaper reports. It is ...
, a psychoactive compound similar in structure to MDA
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Advanced Peripheral Bus, a type of microcontroller bus
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Atrial premature beat, a cardiac dysrhythmia
Other uses
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Albany Pine Bush
The Albany Pine Bush, referred to locally as the Pine Bush, is one of the largest inland pine barrens in the world. It is centrally located in New York's Capital District within Albany and Schenectady counties, between the cities of Alban ...
, an inland pine barrens
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Appley Bridge railway station's station code
*A version of the
Stechkin automatic pistol
The Stechkin or APS (''Avtomaticheskiy Pistolet Stechkina'' = ''Автоматический Пистолет Стечкина'') is a Soviet selective fire machine pistol that is chambered in 9×18mm Makarov and 9×19mm Parabellum.
History
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with integrated silencer
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Aft pressure bulkhead
The aft pressure bulkhead or rear pressure bulkhead is the rear component of the pressure seal in all aircraft that cruise in a tropopause zone in the Earth's atmosphere. It helps maintain pressure when stratocruising and protects the aircraft fro ...
, part of commercial airliners or other planes that have pressurized cabins
* A US Navy hull classification symbol:
Self-propelled barracks ship (APB)
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Armor Piercing Bullets
See also
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All Points Bulletin (disambiguation)
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