OB, O.B., or Ob may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* Ob, a fictional currency in ''

The Great Explosion ''The Great Explosion'' is a satirical science fiction novel by English writer Eric Frank Russell, first published in 1962. The story is divided into three sections. The final section is based on Russell's 1951 short story "...And Then There Wer ...

'' * Sam "O.B." O'Brien, a fictional character in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks''

Businesses and organizations

Odense Boldklub Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city of Odense, in southern Denmark. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play ...

, a Danish football club *

Oriental Brewery Oriental Brewery or OB () is a South Korean brewery currently owned by AB InBev, and initially founded by Doosan Group. History In 1933, Showa Kirin Brewery (Kirin Company) established Oriental Brewery. Oriental Brewery was privatized in 1952 ...

, a South Korean brewery, which produces the OB lagers *

Outward Bound Outward Bound (OB) is an international network of outdoor education organisations that was founded in the United Kingdom by Lawrence Holt in 1941 based on the educational principles of Kurt Hahn. Today there are organisations, called schools, i ...

, an international outdoor education organization * Astrakhan Airlines (IATA code) (defunct) *

Boliviana de Aviación Boliviana de Aviación (shortened in Spanish for ''Empresa Pública Nacional Estratégica Boliviana de Aviación'' "Bolivian National Strategic Aviation Public Company") and stylized as BoA, is the flag carrier airline of Bolivia and is wholly ow ...

(IATA code)

People

* Ed O'Bradovich, an American former professional football player, known as "OB" * Old Badmintonians, former pupils of Badminton School, Bristol, England * Old Bedfordians, former pupils of Bedford School, England * Old Bristolians, former pupils of Bristol Grammar School, England

Places

Gulf of Ob The Gulf of Ob (), also known as the Bay of Ob (), is a bay of the Arctic Ocean, located in northern Russia at the mouth of the Ob River. It is the world's longest estuary. Geography The mouth of the Gulf of Ob is in the Kara Sea between the ...

, a bay of the Arctic Ocean in Northern Russia *

Ob (river) The Ob (; ) is a major river in Russia. It is in western Siberia, and with its tributary the Irtysh forms the world's seventh-longest river system, at . The Ob forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun which have their origins in the Alta ...

, a river in West Siberia, Russia ** Ob Sea, an artificial lake on the river Ob * Ob, Germany, in

Bidingen Bidingen is a municipality in the district of Ostallgäu in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps ...

, Bavaria, Germany * Ob, Russia, a town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia *

Ocean Beach, San Diego Ocean Beach (also known as O.B.) is a beachfront neighborhood in San Diego, California. Geography Ocean Beach lies on the Pacific Ocean at the estuary of the San Diego River, at the western terminus of Interstate 8 in California, Interstate 8. ...

, a neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States

Science and technology

OB star OB stars are hot, massive stars of spectral types O or early-type B that form in loosely organized groups called OB associations. They are short lived, and thus do not move very far from where they formed within their life. During their life ...

, in astronomy, a hot, massive star of spectral types O or B * Ob, a class of objects in

category theory Category theory is a general theory of mathematical structures and their relations. It was introduced by Samuel Eilenberg and Saunders Mac Lane in the middle of the 20th century in their foundational work on algebraic topology. Category theory ...

Object Manager (Windows) Object Manager (internally called Ob) is a subsystem implemented as part of the Windows Executive which manages Windows ''resources''. Resources, which are surfaced as logical ''objects'', each reside in a namespace for categorization. Resource ...

, a Windows NT subsystem *

Obstetrics Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a su ...

, a medical specialty dealing with childbirth, often used in "obstetrics and gynaecology" (abbreviated OB/GYN) * Oligonucleotide/Oligosaccharide DNA-Binding-fold domain *

Organizational behavior Organizational behavior or organisational behaviour (see American and British English spelling differences, spelling differences) is the "study of human behavior in organizational settings, the interface between human behavior and the organiza ...

, an academic field *

Outside broadcasting Outside broadcasting (OB) is the electronic field production (EFP) of television or radio programmes (typically to cover television news and sports television events) from a mobile remote broadcast television studio. Professional video came ...

, a television broadcasting from a mobile television studio, such as a van

Other uses

Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin) The British pre-decimal halfpenny (pronounced ), once abbreviated ''ob.'' (from the Latin 'obulus'), is a discontinued denomination of sterling coinage worth of one pound, of one shilling, or of one penny. Originally the halfpenny was min ...

, from "ob", archaic abbreviation * '' ob.'', died, from Latin ''obitus'' * o.b. (brand), a brand of feminine hygiene products *

Order of battle Order of battle of an armed force participating in a military operation or campaign shows the hierarchical organization, command structure, strength, disposition of personnel, and equipment of units and formations of the armed force. Various abbr ...

Order of Burma The Order of Burma was founded by Royal warrant (document), Royal Warrant on 10 May 1940, and conferred in a single class. It was awarded by the Governor of British Burma for long, faithful and honourable service by Viceroy's commissioned officer, ...

* "

Over-the-counter bulletin board The OTC (Over-The-Counter) Bulletin Board or OTCBB was a United States quotation medium operated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for its subscribing members. FINRA closed the OTCBB on November 8, 2021. The board was used f ...

", in stock listings *

Ouroboros (Marvel Cinematic Universe) The ouroboros or uroboros (; ) is an ancient symbol depicting a snake or dragon eating its own tail. The ouroboros entered Western tradition via ancient Egyptian iconography and the Greek magical tradition. It was adopted as a symbol in Gno ...

, aka "O.B.", a character in the TV series ''Loki'' * "Out of bounds", an area outside the course play area, in