Abbreviation for bit.

Abbreviation for bel, byte.

1. A communications channel used for the transmission of an aggregate signal generated by multichannel transmitting equipment.
2. The CCITT (now, ITU-T) designation for a clear channel, 64-kb/s service capability provided to a subscriber under the Integrated Services Digital Network offering. Note: The B channel, also called the bearer channel, is intended for transport of user information, as opposed to signaling information.

An MPEG video frame type that provides bidirectional interframe compression. Note: A b frame derives its content from the closest 1 or P frame, one in the past and one in the future. Generating b frames requires greater computing power than does generating 1 or P frames. The use of b frames enables compression ratios of 200:
1. Robust MPEG encoders employ a combination of b, 1, and P frame encoding. [After Silicon]

Billing and Customer Care

Abbreviation for broadband ISDN.

Abbreviation for bits per second.

Business to Business

Back-to-Back User Agreements

Business to Consumer