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Bandsaw
A bandsaw is a power saw that cuts with a continuous toothed steel blade running around two pulleys, used mainly for cutting curves in wood, metal, plastic, or meat.
Bandslam
Bandslam is a 2009 American teen musical comedy-drama directed by Todd Graff. It follows a music-obsessed high school outsider recruited to manage a rock band for a competition.
Bandstand
A bandstand, or music kiosk, is a raised, roofed, open-sided outdoor stage for musical bands that became the focal point of Victorian Britain's public parks, with over 1,500 built at its peak.
Bandu Patil
Bandu Patil (1936–1988) was an Indian field hockey player who won Olympic gold at the 1964 Tokyo Games and Asian Games silver in 1962.
Bandundu Province
Bandundu Province, former province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966–2015), capital Bandundu city (ex-Banningville); formed from Kwango, Kwilu, and Mai-Ndombe and split back into those three provinces in 2015.
Bandung
Bandung, capital of West Java, Indonesia, is a highland basin city near Jakarta, site of the 1955 Asian-African Conference that founded the Non-Aligned Movement, facing flooding, subsidence, and water challenges.
Bandung Conference
The Bandung Conference, formally the Asian-African Conference, was a meeting of 29 Asian and African governments held in Bandung, Indonesia, in 1955, laying the foundation for the Non-Aligned Movement.
Bandung Institute of Technology
Bandung Institute of Technology (Institut Teknologi Bandung, ITB), Indonesia's oldest engineering school, founded 1920 as Technische Hoogeschool Bandung, inaugurated as ITB March 2, 1959; alma mater of Soekarno; state legal entity since 2000; QS 2025 rank 256.
Bandung Sea of Fire
Bandung Sea of Fire (Indonesian: Bandung Lautan Api) was the deliberate burning of southern Bandung, West Java, by Indonesian troops and civilians on 23 and 24 March 1946.
Bandung Station
Bandung Station (Indonesian: Stasiun Bandung), known locally as Hall Station, is the main railway station of Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, opened by the Dutch in 1884.
Bandurria Field
Bandurria Sur is a shale oil and gas block in Argentina's Vaca Muerta formation, operated by YPF and among the Neuquén Basin's most productive areas.
Bandurria Sur Oil and Gas Field
Bandurria Sur is a shale oil and gas block in the Vaca Muerta formation, Neuquén, Argentina, operated by YPF under a 35-year concession granted in 2015.
Bandvagn 206
Bandvagn 206 (Bv 206) is a Swedish articulated all-terrain carrier developed by Hägglunds for the Swedish Army, first delivered in 1980, carrying 17 soldiers or a 2,000 kg payload.
Bandwaale
Bandwaale (बैंडवाले) is a 2026 Prime Video Hindi musical dramedy, 8 episodes, created by Ankur Tewari and Swanand Kirkire, starring Shalini Pandey as poet Mariam in Ratlam, with music by Yashraj Mukhate.
Bandwagon effect
The bandwagon effect is the tendency to adopt a belief or behavior because others already have, so perceived popularity attracts additional followers, especially in elections and voting.
Bandwidth (computing)
Bandwidth, also called Internet or digital bandwidth, is the capacity of a communications link in bits per second, and the point where a connection is constrained is called the bottleneck.
Bandwidth (signal processing)
Bandwidth, also called frequency or spectral bandwidth, in signal processing is the width of frequencies a signal occupies or a system can pass, measured in hertz.
Bandwidth allocation
Bandwidth allocation divides radio spectrum or network capacity among services and users without harmful interference, spanning ITU regulatory band assignments and technical channel distribution within networks.
Bandwidth Inc.
Bandwidth Inc. is an American cloud communications company headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1999, it provides voice, messaging, and emergency services through APIs and its own carrier network.
Bandwidth throttling
Bandwidth throttling, also known as ISP throttling, is the intentional limitation of data transmission rates on a network, used for congestion control, tiered plans, or favoring some applications.
Bandy
Bandy: eleven-a-side ice team sport with a ball and curved sticks on a football-pitch-sized rink, governed by the FIB (founded 1955, Stockholm); strongest in Russia and the Nordics, IOC-recognized.
Bane (DC Comics)
Bane (DC Comics) is a Batman supervillain debuting in Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 (1993), created by Dixon, O'Neil, Moench, and Nolan. A Santa Prisca prison-raised genius dependent on the Venom super-steroid, he broke Batman's back in Knightfall.
Bane in other media
Bane in other media: portrayals of the DC villain Bane (Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1, 1993) across film (Batman & Robin, The Dark Knight Rises with Tom Hardy), animation (Batman: The Animated Series), video games (Lego Batman), and upcoming Knightfall and Bane-Deathstroke projects.
Băneasa
Băneasa names several Romanian places: communes in Constanța and Giurgiu counties, a Bucharest neighborhood with Pădurea Băneasa forest, and the Teleorman village at the largest Roman fort on the Limes Transalutanus.
Banesh Hoffmann
Banesh Hoffmann (1906–1986) was a British mathematician and physicist who co-authored the 1938 Einstein–Infeld–Hoffmann equations of motion and taught at Queens College from 1937 to 1977.
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is a non-degree-granting arts institution in Banff, Alberta, founded in 1933, offering residencies and training for artists, writers, and musicians.
Banff National Park
Banff National Park, Canada's first national park (1885 hot springs reserve, 1887 Rocky Mountains Park Act), is a Rocky Mountain protected area in Alberta, part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks UNESCO World Heritage Site, with 4.5 million 2025 visitors.
Banff Springs Hotel
The Banff Springs Hotel, now the Fairmont Banff Springs, is a resort hotel in Banff National Park, Alberta, opened by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1888.
Banff Upper Hot Springs
Banff Upper Hot Springs is a Parks Canada-operated mineral pool on Sulphur Mountain in Banff National Park, Alberta, held at 37–40 °C. Canada's highest outdoor pool, first developed in 1886, with its 1932 heritage bathhouse restored in 1996.
Banff, Alberta
Banff, Alberta: resort town of about 8,000 inside Banff National Park, Canada's first national park (1885). Incorporated 1990; fixed 3.93 km2 townsite at 1,383 m; tourism-driven economy under federal development caps.