AB

Ab

Ab may mean:

• Ab is a Dutch name.
• A^B class, a locomotive class operated by the New Zealand Railways Department
• Ab (Egyptian heart-soul concept), the Egyptian concept of the heart-soul
• Abdominal muscles (abbreviated Ab), which are the rectus abdominis or the stomach muscles
• Aktiebolag, Swedish for "corporation," similar to AG, Ltd or Inc, as used in Finland
• Antibody, a medical abbreviation
• Av (month), a month in the Hebrew calendar

ab

ab may mean:

• Abkhazian language (ISO 639 language code)
• ab The ApacheBench command line tool for Apache HTTP Server
• Canada's subdomain for Alberta
• Semitic for "father", see Ab (father)
• Indo-European for "water", see ap (water).

AB or A-B

AB or A-B may mean:

Locations, places, and types of places

• Aberdeen, after which the UK postal area AB is named.
• Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, commonly abbreviated as AB
• Albania (WMO country code)
• Alberta (Canadian Province/Territory Code)
• Air Base, used by the United States Air Force for overseas bases
• Ancienne Belgique, Belgian concert hall located in Brussels
• Anime Boston, an annual three-day anime fan convention held in the spring in Boston, Massachusetts.

Companies, universities, and organizations, groups (and related)

• Aktiebolag, Swedish for "corporation", similar to AG, Ltd or Inc
• Air Berlin, IATA code
• AB Airlines, a defunct British airline
• Activision Blizzard, a video game developer and publisher.
• Anheuser-Busch, the world's third largest brewing company
• Allen-Bradley, manufacturer of industrial control and automation products
• AllianceBernstein, a US based asset management firm
• Alderson-Broaddus College, a liberal-arts college in West Virginia
• Alfa-Vita Vassilopoulos, a Greek supermarket chain
• Applied Biosystems, a US-based biotechnology firm
• Artium Baccalaureus, Latin for Bachelor of Arts, often abbreviated A.B.
• Aryan Brotherhood, an American gang
• Afrikaner Broederbond, the South African secret society from 1918-1994
• Bachelor of Arts, written in the 19th century as A.B.

Medicine, science, technology, and math

• One of the human blood types in the ABO blood group system
• AB Class amplifier
• Aharonov-Bohm effect arising in a certain experiment of quantum mechanics.
• Abscesses caused by injections, especially heroin injection
• Antibody
• Aurora Borealis

Sports

• At Bat, baseball statistic
• Andris Biedriņš, basketball player
• Akademisk Boldklub, a Danish professional football club
• AB is the nickname of legendary Australian cricketer Allan Border
• Atlanta Braves, an MLB Baseball team
• AB de Villiers, South African middle order batsman

People

• Aaron Boone
• Aaron Boone
• Abigail Breslin
• Abraham Benrubi
• Adam Baldwin
• Adam Beach
• Adam Brody
• Adrian Beltre
• Adrien Brody
• Adrienne Bailon
• Adrienne Barbeau
• Agnes Bruckner
• Albert Belle
• Albert Brooks
• Alec Baldwin
• Alektra Blue
• Alex Band
• Alex Borstein
• Alex Breckenridge
• Alexis Bledel
• Alice Braga
• Alley Baggett
• Amanda Beard
• Amanda Bearse
• Amanda Bynes
• Amber Benson
• Amber Brkich
• Amy Brenneman
• Ana Beatriz Barros
• André Benjamin
• Andrea Bocelli
• Andrew Bryniarski
• Andy Bell
• Angel Boris
• Angela Bassett
• Angelica Bridges
• Anita Blond
• Anne Bancroft
• Annette Bening
• Antonio Banderas
• Ashleigh Banfield
• Ashley Benson
• Ashlie Brillault
• Avery Brooks

Terms for people

• "Able-Bodied", as used by some members of the disabled community
• Able Seaman (occupation), a civilian occupation
• Able Seaman (rank), a naval rank
• Adult Baby, one who engages in infantilism.
• Airman Basic, the lowest rank in the United States Air Force.
• Artium Baccalaureus, Latin for Bachelor of Arts.
• Good Eats host Alton Brown's nickname

Culture, food and history

• Aitareya Brahmana
• AB-Aktion, short for Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion, the German extermination of Polish intelligentsia in World War II
• Address book

Miscellanea

• Assembly Bill