Pb is the chemical symbol for the chemical element lead. PB, P.B., or Pb may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music Paul's Boutique, a 1989 album by American hip-hop group the Beastie Boys Prussian Blue (duo), an American white nationalist pop pre-teen duo PB, an album by Norwegian musician Per Bergersen
Periodicals Performance Bikes (magazine), a monthly British motorcycling magazine Playboy, an American men's magazine Post-Bulletin, an American daily newspaper based in Rochester, Minnesota
Television Princess Bubblegum, a character from the 2010 animated TV series Adventure Time Prison Break, an American drama television series which originally ran from 2005 to 2009 Puppy Bowl, an American special based on the Super Bowl airing each year on Animal Planet since 2005
Other media Paperback, a type of book Phantom Blood, the first story arc of shōnen manga series Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Companies and organizations Manufacturers Packard Bell Corporation, an American radio manufacturer formed in 1933 that later became a defense contractor and manufacturer of other consumer electronics Packard Bell, a Dutch computer manufacturer which took its name from the earlier American company Pitney Bowes, an American manufacturer of software and hardware and a provider of services related to documents, packaging, mailing, and shipping PocketBook International, a producer of e-book readers under the PocketBook brand Beretta (Pietro Beretta Arms Factory), an Italian firearms manufacturer
Other businesses Palladium Books, a publisher of role-playing games Panera Bread, a chain of bakery–café quick casual restaurants in the US and Canada Parsons Brinckerhoff, an American professional services firm, now a part of WSP PBair, a now-defunct Thai airline Photobucket, an image hosting, video hosting, slideshow creation and photo sharing website Piranha Bytes, a German video game developer Pitney Bowes, an American manufacturer of software and hardware and a provider of services related to documents, packaging, mailing, and shipping Pottery Barn, an American-based home furnishing retail store chain ProBoards, an online message board service
Other organizations Pirate Bay, a file-sharing organization Progressive Bulgaria (Прогресивна България), a political party in Bulgaria Prosperity Party (Paartii Badhaadhiinaa), a political party in Ethiopia Brunei Polytechnic, a post-secondary institution in Brunei
Economics and finance Payback period, in capital budgeting refers to the period of time required for the return on an investment to "repay" the sum of the original investment Performance bond, a surety bond issued by an insurance company or a bank to guarantee satisfactory completion of a project by a contractor Premium Bond, a lottery bond issued by the UK government's National Savings and Investments scheme Price-to-book ratio, a financial ratio used to compare a company's book value to its current market price Participatory budgeting, a process of democratic deliberation to allocate parts of a public budget
Education Brunei Polytechnic, a post-secondary institution in Brunei Project Blogger, an Irish educational initiative Library of Congress Classification:Class P, subclass PB -- Modern languages and Celtic languages
People Panda Bear (musician) (born 1978), an experimental American musician and founding member of Animal Collective Chris Pontius (born 1974), an American entertainer and daredevil nicknamed "Party Boy"
Places United States Pacific Beach, San Diego, California, a neighborhood in San Diego, California Palm Bay, Florida Palm Beach, Florida Pine Bluff, Arkansas Pismo Beach, California
Other countries Paraíba, a state of Brazil Port Blair, a town in the Andaman Islands Punjab (disambiguation), the name of several locations in South Asia Paderborn, town and eponymous district in Germany, known by their vehicle registration code PB Považská Bystrica, town in Slovakia, known by its vehicle registration code PB Guatemala (CIA cryptonym) West Papua (province) (vehicle registration prefix PB)
Science and technology Chemistry Lead, symbol Pb, a chemical element Polybutylene, a polymer of the substance butylene
Computing and software Petabit (Pb), a unit of information equivalent to 1000 terabits used, for example, to quantify computer memory or storage capacity Petabyte (PB), a unit of information equivalent to 1000 terabytes, used, for example, to quantify computer memory or storage capacity 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 uses in science and technology
PB (pistol), a Soviet silenced pistol intended for army reconnaissance groups and the KGB Picobarn, one trillionth of a barn, 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 Push button, a momentary button that is activated only while pressed by user
Sports Personal Best, the best time or score ever achieved by an athlete in a particular event Paintball, a sport in which players tag opponents by firing dye capsules from a paintball gun Passed ball, in baseball
Transportation Patrol boat, a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defense duties Pilatus Railway or Pilatusbahn, a mountain railway in Switzerland Irizar PB, a bus coach body West Papua (vehicle registration prefix PB)
Other uses Paperback, a type of book Peanut butter, a food paste made primarily from ground dry roasted peanuts Personal best, an individual's best performance in a given sporting discipline Plant based, a diet consisting mostly or entirely of plant-based foods Post box, a physical box into which members of the public can deposit outgoing mail Powerball, an American lottery game Presiding Bishop, an ecclesiastical position in some denominations of Christianity Pro bono, professional work undertaken voluntarily for little or no payment as a public service
See also BP (disambiguation)