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Bolshevik-Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma Bolshevik-Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma (BLPI) was formed in 1942 as a unification of two Indian groups and Lanka Sama Samaja Party of Ceylon. BLPI became recognized as a section of the Fourth International.
Bolshevist Russia Bolshevist Russia is a common term that refers to the Red side in the Russian Civil War, or more specifically the Russian government between the Bolsheviks' October Revolution (November 7, 1917) and the constitution of the Soviet Union (December 30, 1922).
Bolshoi Booze "Bolshoi Booze" is the thirty-third episode of the American television series Prison Break and is the eleventh episode of its second season. Aired on November 13, 2006, it was the second of the four episodes to be aired during the November sweeps in the United States.
Bolshoi Kamennyi Bridge Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge (Russian: Большой Каменный мост, Greater Stone Bridge) crosses the Moskva River at the western end of the Kremlin. Its predecessor was the first permanent stone bridge in Moscow.
Bolshoi Kislovsky Drive Great Kislovsky Drive (Russian: Большой Кисловский Переулок, Bolshoi Kislovskiy Pereulok) is a byway in the Arbat District of Moscow, Russia. The street only allows one-way northbound traffic and runs from Vozdvizhenka Street in the south to the Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street in the north.
Bolshoy Ustinsky Bridge Bolshoy Ustinsky Bridge (Большой Устьинский мост) is a steel arch bridge that spans Moskva River near the mouth of Yauza, connecting the Boulevard Ring with Zamoskvorechye district in Moscow, Russia. It was completed in May 1938 by V.
Bolshoye Maslennikovo Bolshoye Maslennikovo (Russian:Большое Масленниково) or Bolshiye Masleniki (Большие Масленики) is a village in Tutayevsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. It is situated about 20 km to the west from Yaroslavl, at .
Bolson Tortoise The Bolson Tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus), also called the Mexican Giant Tortoise or Yellow-bordered Tortoise, is a species of tortoise from North America. Of the four North American tortoise species, it is the largest, having a carapace length of about 46 cm (18 inches).
Bolster heath Bolster heath describes a patchwork of very low growing, tightly packed plants found at the limits of some alpine environments. The plants form a smooth surfaced 'cushions' from several different plants, hence the common name of cushion heath.
Bolt Risk Bolt Risk, a first novel by Ann Wood, was released in 2005 by Leapfrog Press. The short novel tells the tale of a 'good' girl, sick of the pretense of her exclusive New England College, who becomes an assistant (aka paid butt-wiper) to a B-list Hollywood actress.
Bolt-on neck Bolt-on neck is a method of guitar (or similar stringed instrument) construction that involves joining guitar neck and body using screws. The term is a misnomer, introduced mostly by Fender whose guitars traditionally had "bolt-on necks".
Boltenhagen Boltenhagen is a seaside resort with about 1,200 inhabitants in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, close to the old hanseatic cities of LĂĽbeck and Wismar. Boltenhagen is located in the north of Nordwestmecklenburg district in an area called KlĂĽtzer Winkel.
Bolters In American politics, Bolters are party members who do not support the regular nominee of their party. The "bolt" may occur at the party convention as in 1912 when Theodore Roosevelt and his followers withdrew from the Republican Party (see Progressive party) or it may occur after the convention or primary has been held.
Bolthorn In Norse mythology, Bölthorn (or Bölthor) was a frost giant, the father of Bestla and maternal grandfather of Odin. According to Hávamál, he is also the father of a nameless giant who taught Odin nine magic charms or "songs" (galdrar)
Bolthouse Farms Botlhouse Farms, founded in 1915, is a vertically-integrated farm company located in California's in the San Joaquin Valley and headquartered in Bakersfield, California. Bolthouse Farms is one of the United States's leading producers of carrots.
Bolting Bolting is the growth of an elongated stalk with flowers grown from within the main stem of a plant. This condition occurs in plants that are grown for their leaves, such as cabbage, lettuce, spinach, and other leafy greens.
Bolton (UK Parliament constituency) Bolton was a Borough constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created by the Reform Act of 1832, it was represented by two Members of Parliament.
Bolton 7 The Bolton 7 were a group of Gay and Bisexual men who were convicted on January 12 1998 before Judge Michael Lever at Bolton Crown Court under the Sexual Offences Act 1956 for gross indecency and the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 for age of consent offences. Although gay sex was partially decriminalised by the Sexual Offences Act 1967, they were all convicted under section 13 of the 1956 Act because more than two men had sex together which was still illegal.
Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, GBE, PC (22 February 1881 – 21 March 1969) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Chief Whip until 1931 and then as First Lord of the Admiralty.
Bolton Hill, Baltimore Bolton Hill is a neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland known for its combination of expensive townhouses owned by long-time residents and inexpensive divided-up townhouses that are typically rented to area university students, usually from the Maryland Institute College of Art and University of Baltimore.
Bolton railway station Bolton railway station is the principal railway station in the town of Bolton, in the county of Greater Manchester in England. It is located on the Manchester spur of the West Coast Main Line and is managed by Northern Rail.
Bolton Sailing Club Bolton Sailing Club was founded in 1952 at Belmont Reservoir and is a sailing club in the North of England. Belmont Reservoir is located just to the north of Bolton at Belmont Village and provides a large area of open water for sailing.
Bolton-Paul Defiant The Boulton Paul Defiant was a single engined two seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force from the late 1930s and through the Second World War. The unique design concept harked back to the days of 1918 when the likes of the Bristol Fighter proved the concept of a heavily armed two-seat fighter.
Bolton, Cumbria Bolton is a village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England, about four miles north-west of Appleby-in-Westmorland, and on the River Eden. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 416.
Bolton, Ontario Bolton is the most populated village within the town of Caledon, located in the Region of Peel, approximately 50 kilometers north-west of Toronto, Canada. In regional documents, it is referred to as a 'Rural Service Centre'
Boltzmann (crater) Boltzmann is an old lunar crater that is located along the southern limb of the Moon, in the vicinity of the south pole. At this location the crater is viewed from the side from Earth, and so not much detail can be seen.
Boltzmann equation The Boltzmann equation, devised by Ludwig Boltzmann, describes the statistical distribution of particles in a fluid. It is one of the most important equations of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, the area of statistical mechanics that deals with systems far from thermodynamic equilibrium; for instance, when there is an applied temperature gradient or electric field.
Boltzmann machine A Boltzmann machine is the name given to a type of simulated annealing stochastic recurrent neural network by Geoffrey Hinton and Terry Sejnowski. Boltzmann machines can be seen as the stochastic, generative counterpart of Hopfield nets.
Boltzmann Medal The Boltzmann Medal is the most important prize awarded to physicists that obtain new results concerning statistical mechanics; it is named after the celebrated physicist Ludwig Boltzmann. The Boltzmann Medal is awarded once every three years by the Commission on Statistical Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, during a plenary conference concerning statisical physics.
Bolu Bolu (Greek Bithynion, Latin Bithynium or Claudiopolis) is a town in Turkey, and administrative center of the Bolu Province. The town is located at , at the highway from Istanbul to Ankara, which presently has to climb Mount Bolu, until 2007 when the Mount Bolu Tunnel is planned to be opened.
Boluminski Highway The Boluminski Highway is the main land transportation route on the island of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea. It runs from the provincial capital of Kavieng for 193km down the east coast of the island to Namatanai.
Bolvar Fordragon Highlord Bolvar Fordragon is the bodyguard of king Anduin Wrynn in the fictional game of World of Warcraft. The Highlord helps the young King rule until the boy comes of age, or the king's father, Varian Wrynn is safely returned to the kingdom.
Bolventor Bolventor is a hamlet, which lies in the heart of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Daphne du Maurier, a former resident, chose Bolventor as the setting for Jamaica Inn, her novel about Cornish smugglers.
Bolwell Nagari The Bolwell Nagari was one of the cars built by the three Bolwell brothers who started an Australian company in Mordialloc, Victoria that initially produced kit cars for assembly by the buyers. The brothers each designed their own car Mk I, Mk II and Mk III.
Bolyai–Gerwien theorem In geometry, the Bolyai–Gerwien theorem states that if two simple polygons of equal area are given, one can cut the first into finitely many polygonal pieces and rearrange the pieces to obtain the second polygon.
Božidar Maljković Božidar "Boža" Maljković (born 20 April 1952 in Otačac, Serbia, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) is Serbian basketball coach, one of the most successful in Europe, having won a title with practically all clubs he trained, including four Euroleague titles with three different clubs (Jugoplastika Split, Panathinaikos and Limoges). As of 2006 he is unemployed.
Božina Ivanović Božina Ivanović (Cyrillic: Божина Ивановић) (1931-10 October 2002) was a Montenegrin anthropologist and politician. In 1988-1989, he was the President of Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Bożenna Bukiewicz Bożenna Bukiewicz (born February 14, 1952 in Żary) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 11237 votes in 8 Zielona Góra district, candidating from Platforma Obywatelska list.
Bořivoj Čelovský Bořivoj (Boris) Čelovský (born 8 September, 1923 in Ostrava-Heřmanice) is a Czech-Canadian historian, member of the post-1948 Czechoslovak political exile and former political adviser. He is mostly dealing with historical and contemporary reflections of the Czech-German relationships.
Boma The port town of Boma (1984 pop. 197,617) in Bas-Congo was the capital city of the Belgian Congo (the modern Democratic Republic of the Congo) from 1 May 1886 to 1926, when it was moved to LĂ©opoldville (since renamed Kinshasa).
Bomaderry, New South Wales Bomaderry is a town in the Shoalhaven council district area of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the north shore of the Shoalhaven River, across the river from Nowra (which is the main town in the area after Kiama and Wollongong).
Bomakellia kelleri Bomakellia kelleri was an 8–9½ cm long Ediacaran organism that lived in the ocean at what is now the shores of the White Sea of Russia. It has a long body lined with oval-shaped appendages, giving it a tri-lobed appearance, and has a rounded, vaguely triangular shield on one end (identified as a cephalon by some, a holdfast by others).
Boman Delgado Boman Delgado (ボーマン・デルガド) is a video game character from the Rival Schools series. An American student at Pacific High School, he is a preacher in training and he believes that violence is against the principles of God.
Bomarc Missile Program The Bomarc Missile Program was a joint United States of America-Canada effort between 1957 and 1971 to protect against the USSR bomber threat. It involved the deployment of tactical stations armed with Bomarc missiles along the east and west coasts of North America and the central areas of the continent.
Bomb (symbol) The Bomb icon is a symbol designed by Susan Kare that was displayed when a "classic" Macintosh operating system (pre-Mac OS X) program had an application crash. It was similar to a dialog box in Windows 9x that said "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down".
Bomb bay The bomb bay on some military aircraft is a compartment, usually in the aircraft's fuselage, featuring an openable hatch (usually referred to as "bomb bay doors"). The bomb bay contains the bombs, which are dropped through the opened bay doors while the bomber is over its target or at its specified launching point.
Bomb damage assessment Bomb damage assessment, often referred to as BDA, is the practice of assessing damage inflicted on a target by an air campaign. It is part of the larger discipline of combat assessment (CA), also referred to as battle damage assessment (BA).
Bomb disposal Bomb disposal is the process by which hazardous explosive devices are rendered safe. "Bomb disposal" is an all encompassing term to describe the separate, but interrelated, fields of military (IEDD, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, EOD), public safety (Public Safety Bomb Disposal, PSBT, Bomb Squad) and civilian (Unexploded Ordnance, UXO) operations.
Bomb Jack Bomb Jack is a arcade platform game that was released in 1984 by Tehkan (known today as Tecmo). It was followed by two official sequels, the console and computer title Mighty Bomb Jack, and the arcade game Bomb Jack Twin.
Bomb kick In football, the bomb, also known as a Garryowen or up and under, is the name given to a kick, much like the punt but which results in a small distance and a large height. The bomb is useful for both attacking and defensive tactics of games derived from rugby football: rugby league and rugby union.
Bomb Magazine BOMB is an arts and culture quarterly in which under-represented, emerging and established artists speak openly about the creative process. Established in 1981 as a non-profit organization by its co-Founder and Editor in Chief, Betsy Sussler, BOMB promotes a more thorough understanding and appreciation of contemporary arts and cultural dialogue.
Bomb Queen Bomb Queen is the name of a fictional comic book written and drawn by Jimmie Robinson and currently published by Image Comics,. It stars the villainess Bomb Queen who has eliminated and subsequently banned all superheroes from New Port City.
Bomb the Bass Bomb The Bass was the creation of the British musician Tim Simenon. His first single "Beat Dis" from the album Into the Dragon was a number two hit in the UK and was one of the first songs to introduce the mainstream to sampling culture (along with songs by M/A/R/R/S and S'Express).
Bomb the System Bomb the System is a drama film written and directed by Adam Bhala Lough, which was released to film festivals in 2002 (see 2002 in film) and American theatres in 2005. It revolves around a group of graffiti artists living in New York City who decide to make a mark on the city (in graffiti, the phrase "bombing" means painting many surfaces), and stars Mark Webber, Gano Grills, Jaclyn DeSantis, Jade Yorker and Bonz Malone.
Bomb threat A bomb threat is generally defined as a verbal threat to detonate an explosive or incendiary device to cause property damage or injuries, whether or not such a device actually exists. Typically delivered by phone, or other telecommunication means, the great majority of such threats are the result of pranks or other sociopathies.
Bomb tower A bomb tower is a lightly constructed tower, often 100 to 700 feet (30 to 210 meters) high, built to hold a nuclear weapon for an above ground nuclear test. The tower holds the bomb for the purpose of the investigation of its destructive effects (such as burst height and distance with given explosive yield) and for the adjustment of measuring instruments, such as high-speed cameras.
Bomb The Suburbs Bomb The Suburbs, by William Upski Wimsatt is a mix of storytelling, journalism and original research on a broad range of topics like suburban sprawl, hip hop culture, wiggers, youth activism, graffiti, and Chicago. It was published in 1994 by Subway & Elevated Press, a division of Soft Skull Press, with ISBN 0-9643855-0-3, and republished in 2000, in New York and London.
Bomb-XX The BOMB-XX animated comic technology is a patent-pending technology and production method to translate visual texts such as graphic novels and comic books to new media applications. It was developed by Jeff Shuter and Daniel Viney while students at Northwestern University, and is now owned by Gain Enterprises, LLC in Los Angeles, CA.
Bomba (band) Bomba are an Australian funk and reggae band from Melbourne. Led by Maltese-Australian Nicky Bomba, they are renowned internationally for their "energetic live shows and passionate performances", although they are more popular at home.
Bomba (cryptography) The Bomba, or Bomba kryptologiczna (Polish for "Bomb" or "Cryptologic bomb") was a special-purpose machine designed about October 1938 by Polish Cipher Bureau cryptologist Marian Rejewski to break German Enigma machine ciphers.
Bomba (Ecuador) Bomba is an African derived musical form from the Chota Rivera area of Ecuador. Its origins can be traced back to Africa via the middle passage and the use of African slave labor during the country's colonial period.
Bombacaceae The name Bombacaceae is a botanical name at the rank of family and, as is true for any botanical name, [and status of the taxon varies with taxonomic point of view. The family name is based on the genus Bombax.
Bombacoideae Herbaceous or woody plants; leaves alternate,commonly palmately lobed, with small and caducous stipuules; hermaphrodite, actinomorphic flowers; calyx of 5 sepal united at the base, accompanied frequently by an epicalyx (involucel); corolla of 5 free petals; androecium of numerous stamens, typically with filaments fused in a staminal tube (column) that surrounds the styles; pollen smooth; ovary superior and pluricarpellate; fruits schizocarpous or capsular.
Bombacopsis quinata A relatively common timber tree of western Costa Rica, pochotes bear large, stubby thorns on their trunk and branches, and are often planted as living fenceposts, with barbed wire strung between them. It can also be found in the Central American dry forest of Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and in South America it can be found in Venezuela and Colombia.
Bombah Point Bombah Point is in Myall Lakes National Park on the mid north coast of New South Wales, (Australia). Traditionally aboriginal groups would use this, the narrowest crossing point on the 4 lake system, to move from summer hunting grounds in the hills towards Barrington Tops to winter grounds on the coast.
Bombala, New South Wales Bombala is a town in the Monaro region of south-eastern New South Wales, Australia in Bombala Council. It is located approximately 500 kilometres south of the state capital, Sydney, and 80 kilometres south of the town of Cooma.
Bombard the Headquarters Bombard The Headquarters – My First Big-Character Poster () was a short comment written by Mao Zedong on August 5, 1966 during the Eleventh Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and published on the Communist Party's official newspaper People's Daily the same day. It is commonly believed that this "poster" directly targeted Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping, who were then in charge of Chinese government's daily affairs and who tried to cool down the mass hysteria which had been coming into shape in several universities in Beijing since the May 16 Notice, through which Mao officially launched the cultural revolution, was issued.
Bombarde The bombarde , or bombard (in Breton) is a folk musical instrument from Brittany and Cornwall that is a cross between an oboe and a conical-bored pipe chanter (the part of the bagpipe upon which the player creates the melody). The bombarde is blown by the mouth; the reed is held between the lips.
Bombardier (air force) A bombardier, in the United States Army Air Forces and United States Air Force, or a bomb aimer, in the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces, was the crew member of a bomber responsible for assisting the navigator in guiding the plane to a bombing target and releasing the aircraft's bomb load. In the modern age, the position has fallen into disuse due to a rise of computer technology and smart bombs.
Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit Advanced Rapid Transit or ART is the current name given to a metro system manufactured by Bombardier Transportation; it was originally named ICTS (for ‘Intermediate Capacity Transit System’), and is sometimes referred to generically as ‘advanced light rapid transit’. It is used by metro lines in Vancouver, Toronto, Detroit, New York, and Kuala Lumpur.
Bombardier Aerospace Bombardier Aerospace is a division of the Bombardier group and the third largest aerospace workforce (behind Boeing and Airbus) and the fourth largest in yearly delivery of commercial airplanes (behind Boeing, Airbus and Embraer).
Bombardier beetle Bombardier Beetles are ground beetles (Carabidae) in the tribes Brachinini, Paussini, Ozaenini, or Metriini—more than 500 species altogether—that are most notable for the defense mechanism that gives them their name: They can fire a mixture of chemicals from special glands in their posterior.
Bombardier Badge The Bombardier Badge was a military badge of the United States military which was issued between the years of 1918 and 1947. The decoration was intended to recognize the military training and qualification required by those service members who were bombardiers on board military aircraft.
Bombardier BiLevel Coach Bombardier BiLevel coaches are passenger carriages designed to carry up to 360 passengers for regional railways. These carriages are easily identifiable; they are double-decked and are shaped like elongated octagons.
Bombardier BRJX The Bombardier BRJX, or Bombardier Regional Jet eXpansion, was a project for a larger regional jet than the Canadair Regional Jet. Instead of 2+2 seating, the BRJX was to have a wider fuselage with 2+3 seating, and underwing engine pods.
Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet The Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) is a regional airliner manufactured by Bombardier based on the Canadair Challenger business jet. The design was known originally as the Canadair CL-600-2B19 prior to Canadair's acquisition.
Bombardier CX-100 Bombardier CX-100 cars are used on the Light Rapid Transit for the Bukit Panjang LRT Line in 1999. These cars are similar to the ones used at Singapore Changi Airport’s Skytrain system in the early 1990s, jointly built by Westinghouse and Adtranz (acquired by Bombardier).
Bombardier E-9 The Bombardier de Havilland of Canada E-9A is a range control aircraft based on the twin-turboprop Dash-8 commuter airliner, and operates out of Tyndall AFB, Florida to ensure that the military ranges in the Gulf of Mexico are clear of civilian boats and aircraft during live-fire tests and other hazardous military activities. Two airframes are assigned to the base for the support of training missions.
Bombardier Guided Light Transit Guided Light Transit (also referred to by its French name, Transport sur Voie Réservée or TVR) a public transport system manufactured by Bombardier Transportation and used in the French cities of Nancy and Caen. Though both these cities refer to their networks as ‘tramways on tyres’, the GLT is in fact a model of guided dual-mode bus, capable of both following a central guidance rail and running independently like a conventional bus.
Bombardier Recreational Products Bombardier Recreational Products or BRP is a Canadian company, which was founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in 1942 at Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec. As of April 30 2003 it had 7,600 employees working in several countries, including the United States, Austria and Finland in addition to Canada.
Bombardment A bombardment is an attack by artillery fire directed against fortifications, troops or towns and buildings. In its strict sense the term is only applied to the bombardment of defenceless or undefended objects, houses, public buildings, etc.
Bombardment of Algiers Bombardment of Algiers (August 27 1816) - An attempt by Britain to end the slavery practices of the Dey of Algiers. An Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of Admiral Lord Exmouth bombarded ships and the harbour defences of Algiers.
Bombardment of Kagoshima The Bombardment of Kagoshima, also known as the , took place in August 1863. The British Royal Navy bombarded the town of Kagoshima in retribution after the Namamugi Incident of 1862 in which a British merchant was killed by a local official for disrespecting the daimyo.
Bombardment of Shimonoseki The Bombardment of Shimonoseki were a series of little-known engagements fought from 1863-64 by naval forces of Great Britain, the Netherlands, France and the United States, against the powerful feudal Japanese warlord or daimyo Lord Mori Takachika of the Chōshū clan based in Shimonoseki, Japan. This conflict threatened to involve America, which in 1863 was already torn by civil strife, in a foreign war.
Bombax Bombax is a genus of three to eight species of trees, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian Subcontinent, tropical Southeast Asia, northern Australia, and tropical Africa. Common names include silk cotton trees, semul, simul, simal, red cotton trees, or Indian kapok trees.
Bombay Calling Bombay Calling is a feature documentary film directed by Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, Bombay Calling chronicles the lives of young call center workers in Bombay (Mumbai) India..
Bombay Castle Bombay Castle is one of the oldest defensive structures built in the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay). The current castle is a structure built by the British on the site of a manor built by a Portuguese nobleman Garcia de Orta.
Bombay duck The Bombay duck or bummalo (Harpadon nehereus, Bengali: bamaloh, Gujarati: bumla, Marathi: bombil) is, despite its name, a lizardfish. It is native to the waters between Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and Kutch in the Arabian Sea, and a small number are also found in the Bay of Bengal.
Bombay Explosion (1944) The Bombay Explosion (or Bombay Docks Explosion) occurred on April 14, 1944, in the Victoria Dock of Bombay (now Mumbai) when SS Fort Stikine carrying a mixed cargo of cotton bales, gold, ammunition including around 1,400 tons of explosive caught fire and was destroyed in two giant blasts, scattering debris, sinking surrounding ships and killing around 800 people.
Bombay High Court The Bombay High Court (मुंबई उच्च न्यायालय)was inaugurated on August 14, 1862. The work on the present building of the High Court was commenced in April 1871 and completed in November 1878.
Bombay mix Bombay mix is the name used in the UK for a traditional Indian snack known as chiwda or chevda (चिवडा) in India, or chanachur in Bangladesh. The English name is from the city of Bombay, now called Mumbai.
Bombay Presidency The Bombay Presidency was a former province of British India. It was established in the 17th century as trading posts of the British East India Company, but later grew to encompass much of western and central India, as well as parts of post-partition Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula.
Bombay Quadrangular The Bombay Quadrangular was an influential cricket tournament held in Bombay, India (now known as Mumbai) from 1912 to 1936. At other times it was known variously as the Presidency Match, Bombay Triangular, and the Bombay Pentangular.
Bombay Sapphire Bombay Sapphire is a brand of gin distributed by Bacardi, launched in 1987, having been named via a competitive process whereby a number of leading Madison Avenue agencies were played off against each other. Bombay Sapphire is marketed in a flat-sided, sapphire-coloured bottle that bears a likeness of Queen Victoria on the label.
Bombay Talkies The Bombay Talkies Limited (commonly known as Bombay Talkies), founded in 1934 in Malad, Bombay (now Mumbai), India by Himanshu Rai and Devika Rani with Franz Osten and Niranjan Pal as its first full-time filmmakers, was a high-tech movie studio of its time, with sound and echo-proof stages, laboratories and editing rooms, and preview theatre. It was the first movie company of India, which was a public limited company and was registered as a company under the Indian Companies Act.
Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway The Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway (BB&CI) was a company incorporated in 1855 to undertake the task of constructing a railway line between Bombay and Surat in India. BB&CI completed the work in 1864.
Bombe In the history of cryptography, the Bombe was an electromechanical device used by British cryptologists to help break German Enigma machine signals during World War II. The bombe, based on a previous Polish device, was designed by Alan Turing, with an important refinement subsequently contributed by Gordon Welchman.
Bomber (computer virus) Bomber (also known as CommanderBomber) is a DOS polymorphic computer virus known for its technique of "patchy infection". Contrary to the usual method of infecting executables (which is to append virus body to the executable and to change the entry point), it inserts several fragments ("patches") of its code in random places inside the file.
Bomber (novel) The novel Bomber is a roman Ă  clef written by Len Deighton and published in the UK in 1970. It is the fictionalised account of the events of "31st June" (sic), 1943 in which an RAF bombing raid on the Ruhr area of western Germany goes wrong.
Bomber B Bomber B was a German project dating to just before the start of World War II to develop a second-generation high-speed bomber that would replace all medium and heavy bombers then in service with the Luftwaffe. The RLM was so hopeful about the outcome that more modest projects were generally cancelled outright, so when the project eventually failed to deliver a working design the Luftwaffe was left with hopelessly outdated aircraft.

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