Jump to content

Bob

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 204.126.64.254 (talk) at 00:07, 3 April 2012 (Science and technology). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Bob is a common nickname for the given name Robert.

Bob may also refer to:

Science and technology

  • Bob (physics), the weight at the end of a pendulum
  • Hurricane Bob, first major hurricane of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Alice and Bob, placeholder characters in cryptography and physics problems
  • Breakout box, a piece of electronics equipment used to split components or individual leads in a connector

Bob farts

Music

Companies and organizations

Video games and computers

Comics

Television

Film

  • Silent Bob, a character in several Kevin Smith films, including Dogma and Chasing Amy
  • B.O.B. (Benzoate Ostylezene Bicarbonate), gelatinous creature in the film Monsters vs Aliens
  • Bob, title character in the movie What About Bob?
  • Planet Bob, also known as New Earth, in the film Titan A.E.

Books

People

  • Brendan O'Brien, Irish journalist
  • J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, figurehead of the satirical Church of the SubGenius
  • Bob Olin, American world champion light heavyweight boxer
  • Ioan Bob, Bishop of Făgăraş of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1783 to 1830

Military

Other uses

See also