Board or Boards may refer to:

Flat surface

Lumber Lumber is wood that has been processed into dimensional lumber, including beams and planks or boards, a stage in the process of wood production. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, w ...

, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat **

Plank (wood) A plank is timber that is flat, elongated, and rectangular with parallel faces that are higher and longer than wide. Used primarily in carpentry, planks are critical in the construction of ships, houses, bridges, and many other structures. Pla ...

Cutting board A cutting board (or chopping board) is a durable board on which to place material for cutting. The kitchen cutting board is commonly used in preparing food; other types exist for cutting raw materials such as leather or plastic. Kitchen cutting bo ...

Sounding board A sounding board, also known as a tester and abat-voix is a structure placed above and sometimes also behind a pulpit or other speaking platform that helps to project the sound of the speaker. It is usually made of wood. The structure may be spe ...

, of a musical instrument * Cardboard (paper product) *

Paperboard Paperboard is a thick paper-based material. While there is no rigid differentiation between paper and paperboard, paperboard is generally thicker (usually over 0.30 mm, 0.012 in, or 12 points) than paper and has certain superior attribute ...

Fiberboard Fiberboard (American English) or fibreboard (British English) is a type of engineered wood product that is made out of wood fibers. Types of fiberboard (in order of increasing density) include particle board or low-density fiberboard (LDF), ...

Hardboard Hardboard, also called high-density fiberboard (HDF), is a type of fiberboard, which is an engineered wood product. It is used in furniture and in the construction industry. Description Hardboard is similar to particle board and medium-densit ...

, a type of fiberboard *

Particle board Particle board, also known as chipboard or low-density fiberboard, is an engineered wood product manufactured from wood chips and a synthetic resin or other suitable binder, which is pressed and extruded. Particle board is often confused with ori ...

, also known as ''chipboard'' **

Oriented strand board Oriented strand board (OSB) is a type of engineered wood similar to particle board, formed by adding adhesives and then compressing layers of wood Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees a ...

Printed circuit board A printed circuit board (PCB; also printed wiring board or PWB) is a medium used in electrical and electronic engineering to connect electronic components to one another in a controlled manner. It takes the form of a laminated sandwich str ...

, in computing and electronics **

Motherboard A motherboard (also called mainboard, main circuit board, mb, mboard, backplane board, base board, system board, logic board (only in Apple computers) or mobo) is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in general-purpose computers and other expand ...

, the main printed circuit board of a computer * A reusable writing surface **

Chalkboard A blackboard (also known as a chalkboard) is a reusable writing surface on which text or drawings are made with sticks of calcium sulphate or calcium carbonate, known, when used for this purpose, as chalk. Blackboards were originally made o ...

Whiteboard A whiteboard (also known by the terms marker board, dry-erase board, dry-wipe board, and pen-board) is a glossy, usually white surface for making non-permanent markings. Whiteboards are analogous to blackboards, but with a smoother surface all ...

Recreation

Board game Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well. Many board games feature a ...

Chessboard A chessboard is a used to play chess. It consists of 64 squares, 8 rows by 8 columns, on which the chess pieces are placed. It is square in shape and uses two colours of squares, one light and one dark, in a chequered pattern. During play, the bo ...

Checkerboard A checkerboard (American English) or chequerboard (British English; see spelling differences) is a board of checkered pattern on which checkers (also known as English draughts) is played. Most commonly, it consists of 64 squares (8×8) of altern ...

Board (bridge) In duplicate bridge, a board is an item of equipment that holds one deal, or one deck of 52 cards distributed in four hands of 13 cards each. The design permits the entire deal of four hands to be passed, carried or stacked securely with the car ...

, a device used in playing duplicate bridge * Board, colloquial term for the rebound statistic in basketball *

Board track racing Board track racing was a type of motorsport popular in the United States during the 1910s and 1920s. Competition was conducted on circular or oval track racing, oval race courses with surfaces composed of lumber, wooden planks. This type of track ...

, a type of motorsport popular in the United States during the 1910s and 1920s * Boards, the wall around a

bandy field A bandy field or bandy rink is a large ice rink used for playing the team winter sport of bandy. Being about the size of a football pitch, it is substantially larger than an ice hockey rink. History Originally, bandy was played on naturally fro ...

ice hockey rink An ice hockey rink is an ice rink that is specifically designed for ice hockey, a competitive team sport. Alternatively it is used for other sports such as broomball, ringette, rinkball, and rink bandy. It is a rectangle with rounded corners an ...

* Boardsports *

Diving board (disambiguation) Diving board may refer to: * Springboard * Diving platform, referred to as a "tower" or sometimes "firm board" *''The Diving Board ''The Diving Board'' is the twenty-ninth studio album by English musician Elton John. It is the second of his st ...

Companies

Board International Board International S.A. is a Business Intelligence (BI) and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) software vendor known for its Board tool kit. The company was based in Chiasso, Switzerland, where it was founded in 1994, and Boston, Massach ...

, a Swiss software vendor known for its business intelligence software toolkit *

Bureau of Architecture, Research, and Design The Bureau of Architecture, Research, and Design (BOARD) is an architecture firm based in Rotterdam that was founded in 2005 by German architect Bernd Upmeyer.

(BOARD), an architecture firm based in Rotterdam

Groups

* Advisory board, a body that provides non-binding strategic advice to the management of a corporation *

Currency board In public finance, a currency board is a monetary authority which is required to maintain a fixed exchange rate with a foreign currency. This policy objective requires the conventional objectives of a central bank to be subordinated to the exc ...

, the monetary authority to maintain a fixed exchange rate with a foreign currency * Board of directors, or a similar governing or advisory committee * Board of selectmen, the executive arm of the government of New England towns in the United States * Board of supervisors, a governmental body that oversees the operation of county government in some U.S. states *

Board of trustees A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organ ...

, the authority of a nonprofit organization *

Editorial board The editorial board is a group of experts, usually at a publication, who dictate the tone and direction the publication's editorial policy will take. Mass media At a newspaper, the editorial board usually consists of the editorial page editor, ...

, a group responsible for a publication's editorial policy *

Examination board An examination board (or exam board) is small board organization that sets examinations, is responsible for marking them, and distributes results. Some are run by governmental entities; some are run as not-for-profit organizations. List of nat ...

, an organization that sets examinations, is responsible for marking them and distributes results *

Parole board A parole board is a panel of people who decide whether an offender should be released from prison on parole after serving at least a minimum portion of their sentence as prescribed by the sentencing judge. Parole boards are used in many jurisdiction ...

, a panel that decides whether an offender should be released from prison *

Police board A police board is an appointed form of local government charged with the responsibility of overseeing a local police force. In the United States, the term is used for some police departments. For example, the Chicago Police Board oversees the Ch ...

, a group charged with the responsibility of overseeing a local police force *

Supervisory board In corporate governance, a governance board also known as council of delegates are chosen by the stockholders of a company to promote their interests through the governance of the company and to hire and fire the board of directors. In civil ...

, a group responsible for hiring and firing a board of directors

People

Sports

* C. J. Board (born 1993), American football player *

Chris Board Chris Board (born July 23, 1995) is an American football linebacker for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Dakota State. He won three FCS Division 1 Championships with NDSU. Profe ...

(born 1995), American football player * Dwaine Board (born 1956), American football player and coach *

Jim Board Jim Board (born 17 February 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood Football Club, Collingwood in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Notes External links

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(born 1956), Australian rules footballer *

Michael Board Michael Board (born 10 October 1970 in Clapham, South London, United Kingdom) is the current British record holder In the free immersion discipline (FIM) and constant weight with fins (CWF). British Records * 68 M Free Immersion, 8 May ...

(born 1970), British swimmer * Terry Board (footballer, born 1945), Australian rules footballer * Terry Board (footballer, born 1968), Australian rules footballer

Other areas

* Kate Board, English airship pilot *

Mike Board Michael Francis Board (born 15 June 1952) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Paddington in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Lo ...

(born 1952), Australian politician *

Mykel Board Mykel Board (born January 31, 1950) is an American journalist, musician, and writer of English-language haiku. Bibliography * ''Even A Daughter Is Better Than Nothing'' Garrett Country Press (2005) * ''I A, Me-ist'' Hope and Nonthings Pres ...

(born 1950), American journalist, musician, and writer * Printz Board (born 1982), American record producer, songwriter, and singer * Prudy Taylor Board (born 1933), American author and editor

Other

* Board book, a book made more durable by the use of cardboard covers and thicker paper *

Board certification Board certification is the process by which a physician or other professional demonstrates a mastery of advanced knowledge and skills through written, practical, or simulator-based testing. Certification bodies There are more than 25 boards that ...

, for medical professionals in the United States * Board examination, a part of education in some countries *

Board foot The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. It equals the volume of a length of a board, one foot wide and thick. Board foot can be abbreviated as FBM (for "foot, board measure" ...

, measurement of lumber volume * ''Boards'' (magazine), a 1999–2010 trade publication for the advertising community * boards.ie, an Internet forum in Ireland * Bulletin board (disambiguation), where people can leave public messages * Distribution board or breaker panel, a component of an electricity supply system *

Room and board Room and board is a phrase describing a situation in which, in exchange for money, Manual labour, labor or other considerations, a person is provided with a place to live as well as meals on a comprehensive basis. It commonly occurs as a fee at h ...

, in exchange for money, labor, or other consideration, a person is provided with a place to live as well as meals * "The Big Board", nickname of the

New York Stock Exchange The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed ...