Bob, BOB, or B.O.B. may refer to:

People, fictional characters, and named animals

Bob (given name) Bob is a male given name or a hypocorism, usually of Robert; and sometimes a diminutive of Bobby (given name), Bobby. The name most likely originated from the hypocorism Rob, short for Robert. Rhyming names were popular in the Middle Ages, so ''R ...

, a list of people and fictional characters *

Bob (surname) Bob is the surname of: * Adam Bob (1967–2019), American football player * Camille Bob (1937–2015), American rhythm and blues singer and musician * Fernando Bob (born 1988), Brazilian footballer also known as Bob * Galina Bob (born 1984), Rus ...

* Bob (dog), a dog that received the Dickin Medal for bravery in World War II *

Bob the Railway Dog Bob the Railway Dog (also known as "Terowie, South Australia, Terowie Bob") is part of South Australian Railways folklore. He travelled the South Australian Railways system in the latter part of the 19th century, and was known widely to railwa ...

, a part of South Australian Railways folklore

Places

* Mount Bob, New York, United States *

Bob Island Bob Island is a rocky island long and high, lying southeast of Cape Errera, on Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the coast of Antarctica. An island in this vicinity was surveyed and photographed by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition ...

, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica

Television, games, and radio

* ''Bob'' (TV series), an American comedy series starring Bob Newhart * ''B.O.B.'' (video game), a side-scrolling shooter *

Bob FM BOB FM is the on-air brand of a number of FM radio stations in the United States and formerly in Canada. The BOB FM format mostly concentrates on album rock, alternative rock and pop hits from the 1980s and 1990s, especially those popular duri ...

, on-air brand of a number of FM radio stations in North America

Music

Musicians and groups

* B.o.B (born 1988), American rapper and record producer *

Bob (band) BOB were an indie pop band from North London, England, formed in 1986. History The initial line-up was Richard Blackborow (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Simon Armstrong (guitar, vocals). Jem Morris (bass guitar), joined the duo in 1986, and, augm ...

, a British indie pop band *

The Bobs The Bobs were an a cappella vocal group founded in San Francisco, California, in the early 1980s. They moved to Seattle, Washington, and were active recording and touring throughout the United States, Canada and Europe until their farewell sho ...

, an American a cappella group * Boyz on Block, a British pop supergroup

Songs

* "B.O.B" (song), by OutKast * "Bob" ("Weird Al" Yankovic song), from the 2003 album ''Poodle Hat'' by "Weird Al" Yankovic *"Bob", a song from the album ''

Brighter Than Creation's Dark ''Brighter Than Creation's Dark'' is the seventh studio album by American rock band Drive-By Truckers. It was released on January 22, 2008 in the United States. Background Recorded during and after the acoustic Dirt Underneath Tour, the album ...

'' by the Drive-By Truckers *"Bob", a song from the album ''

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 Kidwiler ...

'' by NOFX *"Bob", a song from the album ''

Pork Soda ''Pork Soda'' is the third studio album by the American rock band Primus. It was released on April 20, 1993, by Interscope Records and Prawn Song Records. The album was certified gold in September 1993 and platinum in May 1997. The 2005 re-is ...

'' by Primus *"Bob", a song from the album ''

One Hot Minute ''One Hot Minute'' is the sixth studio album by American Rock music, rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 12, 1995, by Warner Bros. Records. The worldwide success of the band's previous album ''Blood Sugar Sex Magik'' (1991) c ...

'' by the Red Hot Chili Peppers *"The Bob (Medley)", a song from Roxy Music's self-titled album

Science and technology

Bob (physics) A bob is a heavy object (also called a "weight" or "mass") on the end of a pendulum found most commonly, but not exclusively, in pendulum clocks. Reason for use Although a pendulum can theoretically be any shape, any rigid object swinging on ...

, the mass at the end of a pendulum *

BOB (psychedelic) BOB, also known as 4-bromo-2,5,β-trimethoxyphenethylamine, is a lesser-known psychedelic drug of the substituted phenethylamine, phenethylamine and BOx families. It is the β-methoxy group, methoxy analog (chemistry), analogue of 2C-B. BOB was fi ...

, a drug *

Alice and Bob Alice and Bob are fictional characters commonly used as placeholders in discussions about cryptography, cryptographic systems and Cryptographic protocol, protocols, and in other science and engineering literature where there are several partici ...

, placeholder characters in cryptography and physics problems * Blitter object, a graphics construct *

Hurricane Bob (disambiguation) The name Bob was used for three tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produ ...

Microsoft Bob Microsoft Bob was a Microsoft software product intended to provide a more user-friendly interface for the Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems, supplanting the Windows Program Manager. The program was released on March 10, ...

, a software product

Acronyms

Bank of Baroda Bank of Baroda (BOB or BoB) is an Public sector banks in India, Indian government Public sector bank headquartered in Vadodara, Gujarat. It is the third largest Public sector banks in India, public sector bank in India after State Bank of India ...

, in India *

Bank of Botswana The Bank of Botswana (BoB; ) is the central bank of Botswana. When Botswana gained independence from Britain in 1966, the country was part of the Common Monetary Area, Rand Monetary Area (RMA). In 1974 Botswana withdrew from the RMA, and the Ban ...

Bank One Ballpark Chase Field, formerly Bank One Ballpark, is a retractable-roof stadium in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks. It opened in 1998, the year the Diamondbacks debuted as an expansion t ...

, now Chase Field *

Bayerische Oberlandbahn The Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH (BOB) is a private railway company based in Holzkirchen, Germany, and owned by Transdev Germany (formerly known as ''Veolia Verkehr''). Since June 2020 its services are operated under the brand Bayerische Regi ...

, a private German railway company *

Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Co., Ltd (BOB) ( zh, c=北京奥林匹克转播有限公司, p=Běijīng àolínpǐkè zhuǎnbò yǒuxiàn gōngsī) was a Chinese broadcasting consortium which produced the main international feeds for the 2008 Summer ...

Bend Over Boyfriend ''Bend Over Boyfriend'' is a 1998 American pornographic film directed by Shar Rednour and produced by Nan Kinney. Intended for heterosexual couples, the film provides guidance on female-to-male anal penetration using a strap-on dildo. It feat ...

, slang term for a sexual practice *

Berlin Operating Base Berlin Operations Base (a.k.a. Berlin Operating Base, B.O.B., or BOB) was the headquarters of the CIA (and its predecessor organizations) in West Berlin during the Cold War. Established by the Office of Strategic Services, OSS on 4 July 1945, BO ...

, the CIA station in Berlin during the Cold War * Berner Oberland Bahn, a mountain railway in Switzerland *

Best of Biotech Best of Biotech (''BOB'') is an international business plan competition with focus on life sciences, i.e. Biotechnology Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and Engineering Science, engin ...

, a business plan competition organized by Austria Wirtschaftsservice *

Boys of Bangladesh Boys of Bangladesh, popularly abbreviated BoB, formerly known as Boys Only Bangladesh, is one of the oldest running online Yahoo Group of closeted Bangladeshi gay men. Based in Dhaka, this non-registered, non-funded and non-formal group was run ...

, a network of gay men in Bangladesh *Breakout board, a minimal

printed circuit board A printed circuit board (PCB), also called printed wiring board (PWB), is a Lamination, laminated sandwich structure of electrical conduction, conductive and Insulator (electricity), insulating layers, each with a pattern of traces, planes ...

with a single component * Bug-out bag, an evacuation kit *

Buy on board In commercial aviation, buy on board (BoB) is a system in which in-flight food or beverages are not included in the ticket price but are purchased on board or ordered in advance as an optional extra during or after the booking process. Some a ...

, food or beverages purchased in-flight

Codes

Aweer language Aweer (''Aweera''), also known as Boni (''Bon, Bonta''), is a Cushitic language of Eastern Kenya. The Aweer people, known by the arguably derogatory exonym ''Boni'', are historically a hunter-gatherer people, traditionally subsisting on hunting ...

ISO 639-3 code *

Bolivian boliviano The boliviano (; currency sign, sign: BsBanco Central de Bolivia. "Galeria de monedas y billetes''." Accessed 26 February 2011.Banco Central de BoliviaOfficial websiteAccessed 26 February 2011. ISO 4217 code: BOB) is the currency of Bolivia. It ...

ISO 4217 currency code *

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. The airport was opened in 1943, during World War II. Commercial service became avail ...

IATA code

Other uses

1st Bangor Old Boys F.C. 1st Bangor Old Boys Football Club, also known as 1st Bangor O.B., is a Northern Irish, intermediate football club playing in the Premier Division of the Northern Amateur Football League. A club of the same name was in existence from 1938 to 196 ...

, Northern Irish football club * Bob, a slang term in Great Britain for the pre-decimal coin, the

shilling The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currency, currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 1 ...

* Bob, short for

bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobslei ...

or bobsled *

Bob cut A bob cut, also known as a bob, is a short to medium length haircut, in which the hair is typically cut straight around the head at approximately jaw level, and no longer than shoulder-length, often with a fringe at the front. The standard bob ...

, a hairstyle