KB
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The abbreviation KB or kb can refer to:
- Kilobyte (kB), equal to 1,000 bytes, or Kibibyte (KiB), equal to 1,024 bytes.
- Kilobit (kb), equal to 1,000 bits, or Kibibit (Kib), equal to 1,024 bits.
- Knowledge base, a collection of knowledge helping users with a given product.
- Keyboard, such as:
- Alphanumeric keyboard, a data entry device.
- Keyboard instrument, a musical instrument.
- Base dissociation constant (Kb), the constant which refers to the equilibrium in which a base reacts with H2O to form a corresponding conjugate acid and OH-.
- Boltzmann constant (kb), the physical constant which relates temperature to energy.
- Knight of the Bath, a former rank (before 1847) of the Order of the Bath, a part of the British honours system; sometimes also refers to Knight Bachelor.
- King's Bench, an ancient English court, or the legal citation denoting a case in such court.
- Kill Bill, martial arts film by Quentin Tarantino
- Kilo-base pair (kb or kbp), a unit of measurement of DNA or RNA length used in genetics, equal to 1,000 nucleotides.
- KB Home, a major American home builder.
- KB Toys, a United States toy retail chain.
- K&B, a local drug store in New Orleans, Louisiana, that was bought by Rite Aid.
- Swedish Royal Library (Kungliga Biblioteket), the national library of Sweden.
- Komercni Banka, a bank in the Czech Republic.
- Dutch Royal Library (Koninklijke Bibliotheek), the national library of the Netherlands.
- Kookmin Bank, the largest bank in South Korea.
- KB Banki, a bank in Iceland.
- Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, Continental Europe's oldest football club founded April 26, 1876, in Copenhagen.
- Druk Air (IATA code: KB), the national airline of Bhutan.
- Kobe Bryant, an NBA superstar.