Board

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Board or Boards may refer to:

Flat surface

  • Lumber, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat
    • Plank (wood)
    • Cutting board
    • Sounding board, of a musical instrument
  • Cardboard (paper product)
  • Paperboard
  • Fiberboard
    • Hardboard, a type of fiberboard
  • Particle board, also known as chipboard
    • Oriented strand board
  • Printed circuit board, in computing and electronics
    • Motherboard, the main printed circuit board of a computer
  • A reusable writing surface
    • Chalkboard
    • Whiteboard

Recreation

  • Game board
    • Chessboard
    • Checkerboard
  • Board (bridge), a device used in playing duplicate bridge
  • Board, colloquial term for the rebound statistic in basketball
  • Board track racing, a type of motorsport popular in the United States during the 1910s and 1920s
  • Boards, the wall around a bandy field or ice hockey rink
  • Boardsports
  • Diving board (disambiguation)

Companies

Groups

  • Advisory board, a body that provides non-binding strategic advice to the management of a corporation
  • Currency board, the monetary authority to maintain a fixed exchange rate with a foreign currency
  • Board of directors, or a similar governing or advisory committee
  • Board of selectmen, the executive arm of the government of New England towns in the United States
  • Board of supervisors, a governmental body that oversees the operation of county government in some U.S. states
  • Board of trustees, the authority of a nonprofit organization
  • Editorial board, a group responsible for a publication's editorial policy
  • Examination board, an organization that sets examinations, is responsible for marking them and distributes results
  • Parole board, a panel that decides whether an offender should be released from prison
  • Police board, a group charged with the responsibility of overseeing a local police force
  • Supervisory board, a group responsible for hiring and firing a board of directors

People

Sports

  • C. J. Board (born 1993), American football player
  • Chris Board (born 1995), American football player
  • Dwaine Board (born 1956), American football player and coach
  • Jim Board (born 1956), Australian rules footballer
  • Michael Board (born 1970), British swimmer
  • Terry Board (footballer, born 1945), Australian rules footballer
  • Terry Board (footballer, born 1968), Australian rules footballer

Other areas

Other

  • Board book, a book made more durable by the use of cardboard covers and thicker paper
  • Board certification, for medical professionals in the United States
  • Board examination, a part of education in some countries
  • Board foot, measurement of lumber volume
  • Boards (magazine), a 1999–2010 trade publication for the advertising community
  • boards.ie, an Internet forum in Ireland
  • Bulletin board (disambiguation), where people can leave public messages
  • Distribution board or breaker panel, a component of an electricity supply system
  • Room and board, in exchange for money, labor, or other consideration, a person is provided with a place to live as well as meals
  • "The Big Board", nickname of the New York Stock Exchange

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Board
  • All pages with titles beginning with Board
  • Boarding (disambiguation)
  • Bored (disambiguation)
  • Soundboard (disambiguation)
  • Switchboard (disambiguation)
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