KB

The abbreviation KB or kb can refer to:

Computing

• Kilobit (kb), a unit of information used, for example, to quantify network transmission capacity
• Kilobyte (kB), a unit of information used, for example, to quantify computer memory or storage capacity
• Computer keyboard, an input device for computer
• Knowledge base, used to store complex structured and unstructured information
  • Microsoft Knowledge Base, containing information on problems encountered by users of Microsoft products

Banks

• KB Kookmin Bank, the largest bank in South Korea
• Kaupthing Bank, a bank in Iceland
• Komerční banka, a bank in the Czech Republic
• Kasikorn Bank, a bank in Thailand
• Karafarin Bank, a bank in Iran

Libraries

• National Library of Sweden (Swedish: Kungliga biblioteket)
• National Library of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninklijke Bibliotheek)

People

• Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer), former Australian rules footballer
• KB (rapper), stage name of Christian hip hop artist Kevin Elijah Burgess
• Kyle Busch, a NASCAR driver

Retailers

• 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

Science

• Base dissociation constant (K_b), the equilibrium constant for a base
• Ebullioscopic constant (K_b), which relates molality to boiling point elevation
• Boltzmann constant (k_B), the physical constant which relates temperature to energy
• Kilo-base pair (kb or kbp), a unit of measurement of DNA or RNA length used in genetics, equal to 1,000 nucleotides
• Kauri-butanol value, (Kb value) a measure of solvent performance

Trucks and transport

• KB series, a truck produced by International Harvester
• KB is a name used by Isuzu in some markets for two related models:
  • Isuzu Faster, a pickup truck
  • Isuzu D-Max, a pickup truck
• NZR Kb class a New Zealand steam locomitive

Other uses

• King's Bench, an ancient English court, or the legal citation denoting a case in such court
• Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, a Danish sports club based in Copenhagen
• King's Buildings, a campus at the University of Edinburgh, containing most of the schools within the College of Science and Engineering
• Druk Air (IATA code: KB), the national airline of Bhutan
• Knowledge base, a collection of knowledge helping users with a given product
• Knowledge Bowl, an interdisciplinary academic competition
• Knight of the Bath, a former rank (before 1815) of the Order of the Bath, a part of the British honours system
  • sometimes also incorrectly used to refer to Knight Bachelor
• KB Lager, a brand of Australian beer
• WWKB, a radio station often referred to as KB Radio 1520
• Kalix BF, a Swedish bandy club