B Business & Finance Abbreviation

Branch

An operation in a foreign country incorporated in the home country.

Panamanian Balboa

Bathroom

Before

On the forward side of

Bidirectional

The device accommodates signals traveling either direction though a single channel. OR Any system having two directions. OR Bidirectional Operating in two directions. A bidirec-tional printer can print from left to right and from right to left; a bidirectional bus can transfer signals in both direc-tions between two devices.

Boiler

Any vessel, container or receptacle that is capable of generating steam by the internal or external application of heat. There are two general classes of boilers. I.E., fire-tube and water-tube.

Bottom

Name sometimes given to hull of a ship

Battery

An apparatus which may comprise a group of two or more cells used for the conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy. Or An electrochemical cell that can be used as a source of direct current at a constant voltage. Or Two or more cells in a container that produce an electrical current when two electrodes within the con-tainer touch an electrolyte.

Individual