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B, second letter of the alphabet alphabet [Gr. alpha-beta, like Eng. ABC], system of writing , theoretically having a one-for-one relation between character (or letter) and phoneme (see phonetics ). Few alphabets have achieved the ideal exactness. ..... Click the link for more information. . Its Greek correspondent is named beta. It is a usual symbol for a voiced bilabial stop. In musical notation musical notation, symbols used to make a written record of musical sounds. Two different systems of letters were used to write down the instrumental and the vocal music of ancient Greece. In his five textbooks on music theory Boethius (c.A.D. 470–A.D. ..... Click the link for more information. it is used to represent a note in the scale. In chemistry B is the symbol of the element boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. ..... Click the link for more information. . B(Byte, bit) See KB, MB, GB and TB.
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