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PCB

Specialty Definition: PCB

DomainDefinition

Computing

PCB 1. Power Circuit Breaker. 2. Power Control Box. 3. Printed Circuit Board. 4. Process Control Block. 5. Product Configuration Baseline. 6. Program Control Block. 7. Protocol Control Block. (TCP). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: PCB

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

  1. Polychlorinated biphenyl
  2. Power circuit breaker (hardware).
  3. Power control box (hardware).
  4. Printed circuit board (hardware).
  5. Process control block.
  6. Product configuration baseline.
  7. Program control block.
  8. Protocol control block (networking).

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "PCB."

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"PCB" is a common misspelling or typo for: pub.


Crosswords: PCB

Specialty definitions using "PCB": artwork masterbayonet-Neill-Concilman connector, BEVELER, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, BLACK OXIDE COATING EQUIPMENT TENDER, black oxide operator, BNC connectorCHEMICAL RECLAMATION EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, circuit board inspector, COATING EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, CONTACT PRINTER, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, CUTTER-MACHINE TENDERdeposition operator, DEVELOPER, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD PANELS, Dual In-line Memory ModuleELECTROLESS PLATER, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD PANELS, ETCHED-CIRCUIT PROCESSOR, exposure machine operatorfilm inspectorGROUP LEADER, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY, GROUP LEADER, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD QUALITY CONTROLhot roll laminatorindexing slot, INSPECTOR, CIRCUITRY NEGATIVE, INSPECTOR, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDSlaminating machine tender, LAMINATION ASSEMBLER, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, LAMINATOR, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDSmaster drawingphoto printer, PHOTORESIST LAMINATOR, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, photoresist printer, polarizing slot, printed circuit board, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY REPAIRER, PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGNERREFLOW OPERATOR, ROUTER, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDSSCRUBBER MACHINE TENDER, shearer, printed circuit boards, SUPERVISOR, DRAFTING AND PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGNTAPER, PRINTED CIRCUIT LAYOUT, TEST FIXTURE DESIGNER, touch-up inspector, printed circuit boards. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: PCB

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

PCB

EnglishPetty Cash BoxN/A

PCB

FrenchPolychlorobiphénylesChemistry

PCB

SpanishComité de Control del ProyectoPublic Administration

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Commercial Usage: PCB

DomainTitle

References

  • PCB Bancorp, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • PCB SA distributes pharmaceutical products in Belgium and: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Easy-PC Handbook: Pcb Layout and Circuit Design by Computer (reference)

  • Emc at Component & Pcb Level (reference)

  • Guidance on Remedial Actions for Superfund Sites With Pcb Contamination (reference)

  • PCB Designers' Reference (reference)

  • PCB SA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: PCB

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A map of New Bedford Harbor showing sources of PCB contamination. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A close-up view of one of the three PCB sources. West side of inner New Bedford Harbor. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Workers dressed in full hazmat gear conduct research to determine the level of contaminants or PCB levels. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: PCB

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Turnbull PCB, Bohm R et al., 1993, Guidelines for the Surveillance and Control of Anthrax in Humans and Animals, Geneva. (references)

Business

All of the oil in National Grid transformers containing PCB levels greater than 50 mg/kg (PPM) has now been treated. (references)

Low-level PCB contamination still exists, and disposal facilities are maintained to deal with PCB waste as it arises. (references)

Sales of PCB for use in non-electrical applications ended in 1972, and although PCB has been progressively restricted since the 1970s, PCBs that remain in currently installed equipment pose a continuing environmental threat. (references)

Economic History

Thailand

Thailand aims to be a production hub in the region for components of semiconductors, hard-disk drives and fiber optics products . Production of software, electrical appliances and wireless local loops is also on the rise to support industrial sectors such as automotive, micro controller and other high technology industries . Production in the telecommunication industry in Thailand is expected to grow 30 percent over the next five years . Supporting industries, especially leasing of machinery to produce hard disk drives and assemble IC and PCB will also rise . All production and test equipment is imported, with the US share about 5-10 percent of total importation . Plant executives usually make procurement of equipment for midstream to downstream manufacturing such as assembly and surface mounting machines, while the head office decides procurement of upstream technology . (references)

Tanzania

The National Anti-Corruption Strategy to root out systemic corruption, has been developed, released and distributed countrywide for implementation by the PCB. Laws, regulations and penalties to combat corruption do exist, although effective enforcement is not at the level that foreign investors would like it to be. Areas in which corruption persists include government procurement, privatization, taxation, ports, and customs clearance. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: PCB

"PCB" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.29% of the time. "PCB" is used about 70 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)94.29%6641,290
Lexical Verb (base form)2.86%2245,945
Noun (proper)1.43%1339,140
Noun (common)1.43%1339,140
                    Total100.00%70N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: PCB

CountryNameCountryName
Belgium

PCB SA distributes pharmaceutical products in Belgium and

USA

PCB Bancorp, Inc.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: PCB

Expression using "PCB": used PCB. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "PCB": pcb-burning, pcb-contaminated, pcb-destroying.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PCB

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

pcb

1,121

pcb designer

31

pcb design

474

pcb repair

31

pcb layout

398

prototype pcb

30

pcb assembly

135

eagle pcb

26

americad design pcb

114

pcb software

26

americad design pcb services

105

pcb manufacturing

25

americad design pcb pcb

103

express pcb

24

americad design home pcb

103

pcb design software

23

americad pcb design schematic

100

pcb scribing

22

americad design links pcb

99

electronics pcb print screen

21

americad design pcb quote

97

pcb viewer

21

pcb fabrication

82

pad pcb

20

pcb etching

74

pcb photoplotting

19

pcb engraving

67

pcb design services

18

pcb marking

65

pcb manufacture

16

pcb synth

48

pcb piezotronics

16

pcb connector

34

pcb label

15

drilling pcb

33

pcb equipment

14

pcb manufacturer

33

pcb material

13

tango pcb

32

b b bga bit cutting drill grinding industrial machine manufacturer pcb point ring router supplier taiwan tool

12

bureau cadx in inc pcb service services specializing

12
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: PCB

Language Translations for "PCB"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

enkeltsidet printplade (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board), brugt PCB (used PCB). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

PCB-Besluit (PCB-Decree), gebruikt PCB (used PCB), enkelzijdige printkaart (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

yksipuolinen piirilevy (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board). (various references)

   

French

  

PCB usagé (used PCB), circuit imprimé simple face (single-sided PCB), carte imprimée simple face (single-sided PCB). (various references)

   

German

  

PCB-Abfall (used PCB), Einseitenplatte (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board), Einseitenleiterplatte (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τυπωμένο κύκλωμα μιας όψης (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board). (various references)

   

Italian

  

piastra a singola faccia ramata (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board), PCB usato (used PCB). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

プリント基盤 (printed wiring board). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

プリントきば" (printed wiring board). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

pcbay

   

Portuguese

  

placa de face única (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board), PCB usado (used PCB). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

псб. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

policlorodifenilos (polychlorinated biphenyls), pcbi (polychlorinated biphenyls), tarjeta de circuito impreso. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

enkelsidigt mönsterkort (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: PCB

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "b-c-p"
 

+2 letters: becap, pubic.

 

+3 letters: backup, becaps, biceps, biopic, bipack, hubcap, mobcap, phobic, public.

 

+4 letters: backups, beclasp, biochip, biopics, biopsic, bioptic, bipacks, bluecap, capable, capably, copaiba, copyboy, ephebic, hubcaps, mobcaps, payback, pedicab, phobics, pibroch, placebo, plumbic, publics, upclimb.

 

+5 letters: abapical, backdrop, backpack, backslap, backspin, backstop, backwrap, beaucoup, becapped, becarpet, beclasps, bicepses, bicuspid, biochips, bioscope, bioscopy, biotypic, biphasic, blackcap, blacktop, bluecaps, capabler, capybara, chapbook, copaibas, copybook, copyboys, culpable, culpably, cupboard, epibolic, humpback, packable, paybacks, peccable, pedicabs, pibrochs, pinchbug, placable, placably, placebos, playback, plowback, publican, publicly, pullback, republic, saprobic, snapback, subepoch, suboptic, subpubic, subspace, subtopic, upclimbs.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Names: Company Usage
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Abbreviations
12. Acronyms
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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