CBR may refer to:

Business and organizations

  • CBR Innovation Network (or Canberra Innovation Network), a government initiative
  • Central Bank of Russia
  • Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, an anti-abortion non-profit organization
  • Centre for Blood Research, at the University of British Columbia
  • Central Board of Revenue, the Pakistan department for revenue collection
  • Championship Bull Riding, a rodeo organization in Texas, USA
  • Cimenteries et Briqueteries Réunies, now HeidelbergCement

Comics

  • .cbr, a file extension for comic book archive files
  • Comic Book Resources, a news and discussion website now known by its acronym

Radio

  • CBR (AM), a radio station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • CBR-FM, a radio station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • CBR, former call sign of radio station CBU in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Science, medicine, and engineering

  • California bearing ratio, a strength measurement of material under a paved area
  • Cannabinoid receptor, a type of cell membrane receptor
  • Carbonyl reductase genes: CBR1 and CBR3
  • Case-based reasoning, an artificial intelligence technique
  • Central benzodiazepine receptor, the receptor for benzodiazepines in the central nervous system
  • Confidence-based repetition, one technique used in spaced repetition, especially for learning via digital flashcards
  • Crude birth rate, a measure of live births
  • Community-based rehabilitation, programs for the disabled
  • Cosmic background radiation
  • Critical body residue, the measure of toxicity in tissue residue

Telecommunications

  • Constant bitrate, in telecommunication, sound and music formats
  • Constraint-based routing, in telecommunication and computer networks
  • Content-based routing or router, a type of application-oriented networking

Transport

  • Canberra Airport, IATA airport code CBR
  • Canberra MRT station, Singapore
  • Chesapeake Beach Railway, a former railroad from Washington, D.C. to Maryland, USA
  • Cleburne (Amtrak station), Texas, USA
  • Cooksbridge railway station, in Sussex, England
  • Honda CBR series, a line of sports motorbikes

Other uses

  • CBR Building, an office building situated in Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels, Belgium
  • Captive bead ring, a type of body piercing jewelry
  • Chesapeake Bay Retriever, a dog breed
  • Cost-benefit ratio, in economics
  • Crash Bandicoot Racing, Japanese name for the Crash Team Racing video game
  • Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, a nature reserve in eastern Europe
  • CBR, a sports and marketing term for Canberra, Australia

See also

  • Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN), a category of hazardous incidents or weapons