PB - Science and Technology

Science and Technology

Computers and software:

  • Petabit and petabyte, two units of digital information or computer storage
  • PowerBook, a line of laptop computers produced by Apple
  • PowerBuilder, an integrated software development environment
  • PunkBuster, a computer program that is designed to detect software used for cheating in online games

Medicine:

  • Peripheral blood, deoxygenated blood in the circulatory system
  • Phenobarbital, a barbiturate

Other:

  • PB (pistol), a Soviet silenced pistol intended for army reconnaissance groups and the KGB
  • Picobarn, a multiple of barn (unit), a unit of area used in physics
  • Pipe bomb, an improvised explosive device consisting of a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material
  • Polybutylene, a polymer

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