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'''BD''', '''Bd''' or '''bd''' may refer to:
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== In arts and entertainment ==
* [[B. D. (Doonesbury)]], a major character in the ''Doonesbury'' comic strip
* ''[[Bande dessinée]]'' (or "bédé"), a French term for [[comics]]
* [[Bass drum]], in sheet music notation
* [[Brahe Djäknar]], a Finnish choir
* [[Broder Daniel]], a Swedish indie pop band
* ''[[Ben Drowned]]'', a web serial and [[web series]], focused on the character of the same name
* [[ВD]], shorthand name for the Russian gaming magazine, ''[[Velikij Drakon]]'', where the "В" character is actually the Russian letter "ve".
* [[Bette Davis]]'s production company
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==In business==
===Business / Technology===
* [[B&D Australia]], manufacturing company
* [[Big data]], a marketing term for technology of large data sets
* [[Broker-dealer]]
* [[Business day]], a day of the week on which business is conducted
* [[Business development]], techniques aimed at attracting customers and penetrating markets
* [[Business directory]], a website or printed listing of information which lists all businesses within some category
===Businesses===
* [[Bad Dragon]], an American manufacturer of fantasy-themed sex toys
* [[Becton Dickinson]] (BD.com), an American manufacturer of medical supplies
* [[BMI (airline)]], or British Midland Airways (IATA airline code BD until 2012)
* ''[[Building Design]]'', a British architectural magazine
* [[Cambodia Bayon Airlines]] (IATA airline code BD from 2014)
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==Places==
* [[Bangladesh]], (ISO 3166-1 country code BD)
** [[.bd]], the country top-level domain for Bangladesh
* [[BD postcode area]], UK, for Bradford, West Yorkshire, and the surrounding area
* [[Bermuda]], where "BD" is the FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code and obsolete NATO country code
* [[Brunei Darussalam]], where "BD" is the World Meteorological Organization country code
* [[Burundi]], LOC MARC code
==In science and technology==
===In computing===
* [[Baud]] (''Bd''), an information unit
* %BD, the URL encoded version of the [[one half]] (½) symbol
* [[Big data]], data sets that are so large or complex that traditional data processing applications are inadequate
* [[Blu-ray Disc]], a high density blue laser optical disc format, or the successor of DVD
** [[BD+]], a component of the Blu-ray Disc Digital Rights Management system
===In biology and medicine===
* ''[[Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis]]'', a fungus that causes the fatal amphibian disease chytridiomycosis
* [[Callicore cynosura|BD butterfly]], ''Callicore cynosura''
* [[Bipolar disorder]], a mood disorder
* "Bis die" (Latin for "twice a day"; also [[Bid (Medical)]]: "bis in diem") an indication that a medication needs to be taken twice a day
===Other uses in science and technology===
* [[Bonner Durchmusterung]], a 19th-century star catalog
==Other uses==
* [[Bachelor of Divinity]], an academic degree
* [[Bandung railway station]], West Java, Indonesia (station code: BD)
* [[Battle Dress]], a British military uniform
* [[Bloor-Danforth]], a subway line in Toronto, Canada
* ''[[Bondage (BDSM)]] and [[Discipline (BDSM)]]'', in sexual role-play
*[[Black Disciples]], a black street gang based in Chicago, United States
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