Abbreviation:
An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or a phrase (group of words).
The result of abbreviation is a reduced form or abridgement of writing. They are commonly used because they save time and space.
As said by John Horne Tooke, “Abbreviations are the wheels of language, the wings of Mercury.
Examples:
ATM = Automated Teller Machine
BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation
Acronym:
It is a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word.
Examples:
NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
AIDS = Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
Most Common Abbreviations & Acronyms with Letter B
| b | Barn(s) (Physics) born (used to indicate a date of birth) bowled by / bye(s) (Cricket) |
| B | Belgium (international vehicle registration) bishop (chess) (to record moves) (ex: Be5) black (to describe grades of pencil (ex: 2B pencil) bomber (US aircraft type) |
| B2B | business-to-business (internet trading/business) |
| B2C | business-to-consumer (internet trading/business) |
| B&W | Black and White |
| BA | Bachelor of Arts British Airways British Academy British Association (for the Advancement of Science) Buenos Aires (the capital of Argentina) |
| Ba | Barium (chemistry) |
| BAA | British Airports Authority |
| bach | bachelor |
| B & B | Bed and breakfast |
| BB | double-back (of pencil lead) |
| b-ball | Basketball (N. American Slang) |
| BBB | treble-black (of pencil lead) |
| BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| Bbl. | Barrels (esp. of oil) |
| BBQ | Barbecue |
| BBS | Bulletin board system |
| BC | Before Christ British Columbia |
| bcc | Blind carbon copy |
| BCD | Binary coded decimal |
| BCE | Before the Common Era |
| BCF | British Cycling Federation |
| BCG | Bacillus of Calmette and Guerin (anti-tuberculosis vaccine) |
| BD | Bachelor of Divinity |
| BDD | Body dysmorphic disorder |
| Bde | Brigade |
| Bdr | Bombardier |
| BDS | Bachelor of Dental Surgery |
| BDSM | Bondage, domination, sadism, masochism |
| BE | Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Education Bill of exchange |
| Be | Beryllium (Chemistry) |
| BEA | British Epilepsy Association British European Airways |
| BEd. | Bachelor of Education |
| b.f. | Bloody fool (colloquial) Boldface (Typing) (US) Brought forward |
| BFI | British Film Institute |
| BFPO | British Forces Post Office |
| Bh | Bohrium (Chemistry) |
| B’ham | Birmingham |
| BHC | Benzene hexachloride |
| b.h.p. | Brake horsepower |
| bi / Bi | Bismuth (Chemistry) |
| BIA | Bureau of Indian Affairs (US) |
| BJP | Bharatiya Janata Party (political party in India) |
| bk | Book |
| Bk | Berkelium (Chemistry) |
| bl | Barrel / Black |
| BL | Bachelor of Law / Bill of Landing / British Leyland / British Library |
| blog | Weblog (A document or journal published on the World Wide Web – www) |
| BM | Bachelor of Medicine / British Museum |
| BMA | British Medical Association |
| BMI | Body mass index (Medicine) |
| BMR | Basal metabolic rate |
| B.Mus. | Bachelor of music |
| BMX | Bicycle motocross |
| bn | Billion |
| Bn | Battalion |
| BNF | Backus-Naur form (Computing) |
| BNP | British National Party |
| BO | Body odour/Body odor (colloquial) |
| BOAC | British Overseas Airways Corporation |
| BOD | Biochemical oxygen demand |
| BOGOF | (acronym) Buy one, get one free |
| bp | Boiling point Base pair(s) (Biochemistry) |
| BP | Blood Pressure Before the present (counting backwards from 1800) British Petroleum Boiling Point British Pharmacopeia |
| Bp | Bishop |
| BPC | British Pharmaceutical Codex |
| BPH | Benign prostatic hyperplasia (or hypertrophy) |
| B.Phil. | Bachelor of Philosophy |
| bpi | Bits per inch (Computing) |
| bpm | Beats per minute |
| bps | Bits per second (Computing) |
| Bq | Becquerel(s) (Physics) |
| BR | British Rail (earlier, Railways) |
| Br | Bromine (Chemistry) |
| Br. | British / Brother |
| BS | Bachelor of Science (US) Bachelor of Surgery Blessed Sacrament British Standard Bullshit |
| BSc. | Bachelor of Science |
| BSE | Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| BSF | Border Security Force |
| BSI | British Standard Institution |
| BSL | British Sign Language |
| BSNL | Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited |
| BST | British Standard Time (1968-71) Bovine somatotrophin British Summer Time |
| BT | British Telecom |
| Bt. | Baronet |
| B.th.u. | British thermal unit |
| BTU | Board of Trade Unit |
| BTW | By the way |
| Bu. | Bushel(s) |
| BUAV | British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection |
| bub | Bubby = breast (usually in pl.) (colloq/slang) |
| BVI | British Virgin Islands |
| BVM | Blessed Virgin Mary |
| B&W b & w b/w | Black and White (Television etc.) |
| BWI | British West Indies |
| BWR | Boiling-water (nuclear) reactor |
| BYO | Bring your own (customers may bring their own alcoholic drinks) (in restaurants or in parties) |
| BYOB | Bring your own bottle, booze, etc. |
| BYOG | Bring your own grog (alcohol) (Australia & New Zealand) |
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