List of acronyms: B

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends  that begin with the letter B.

For the purposes of this list:

  • acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
  • pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – Megahertz)

(Main list of acronyms)

B0–9

BA

BB

BC

BD

BE

BF

BG

BH

BI

BJ

BK

BL
  • BL – (s) Bolivia (FIPS 10-4 country code) – (i) British Leyland
  • BLCSE – (i) Battle Laboratory Constructive Simulation Environment
  • BLDU – (s) Blowing Dust (METAR Code)
  • BLEVE – (a) Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion ("blevy")
  • BLOB – (p) Binary Large OBject
  • BLR – (s) Belarus (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • BLSA – (s) Blowing Sand (METAR Code)
  • BLRSI – Battle Lab Reconfigurable Simulator (U.S. Army)
  • BLSN – (s) Blowing Snow (METAR Code)
  • BLT – (i) Bacon Lettuce Tomato (sandwich)
  • BLUFOR – (p) Blue Force(s) (military)
  • BLUI – (a/i) Body Language User Interface ("blooie")
  • BLZ – (s) Belize (ISO 3166 trigram)

BM

BN

BO

BP

BQ
  • BQ
    • (s) British Antarctic Territory (former ISO 3166 digram; merged with AQ in 1979)
    • Caribbean Netherlands (current ISO 3166 digram; based on the entity's alternate name of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba)
    • Navassa Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)

BR
  • br – (s) Breton language (ISO 639-1 code)
  • Br – (s) Bromine
  • Br – "Best regards" used in valediction
  • BR
    • (s) Brazil (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) – Bihar (Indian state code)
    • (i) British Rail
    • Break Ranks (marching band term)
  • BRA – (s) Brazil (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • BRAG – (a) Bicycle Ride Across Georgia
  • BRASS – Breathe, Relax, Aim, Sight, Squeeze (Acronym for using a rifle)
  • BRB
    • (s) Barbados (ISO 3166 trigram)
    • (i) "Be Right Back" (Internet chat abbreviation)
  • BRDM – (i) Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dosornaya Mashina (Russian Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, "Combat Reconnaissance Patrol Vehicle") †[2]
  • bre – (s) Breton language (ISO 639-2 code)
  • BRFSS – (p) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System ("burf-us", a CDC health survey covering the U.S. and its territories)
  • BRI – (i) Bathroom Readers Institute (publishers of series of "Uncle John's Bathroom Readers" books)
  • BRIC – (a) Brazil, Russia, India and China
  • BRICS – (a) Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
  • BRIMS – (a) Behavior Representation In Modeling and Simulation (conference)
  • BRL – (s) Brazilian real (ISO 4217 currency code)
  • BRM – (i) Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Mashina (Russian Боевая Разведывательная Машина, "Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle") †[2]
  • BRN
    • (s) Bahrain (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166)
    • (s) Brunei (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • BRSB – (i) Battlefield Reasoning System Brianna
  • BRU – (s) Brunei (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)

BS

BT

BU

BV

BW

BX

BY

BZ

References
  1. See references and discussion under Barbecue and Talk:List of acronyms and initialisms: B. Examples of use: , Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, ,
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-02-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.tbkarunia.com%5B%5D
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