BZ explained

BZ may refer to:

Chemistry

• Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction, example of non-equilibrium thermodynamics
• 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate, an odorless military incapacitating agent with NATO code BZ
• Benzimidazole, an aromatic compound and parasiticide
• Benzodiazepines, a class of psychoactive drugs
• Benzoyl, group (Bz), C₆H₅-CO-, a functional group: acyl derived from benzoic acid
• Bronze, an alloy consisting of (Cu) Copper and (Sn) tin

Entertainment

• B'z, a Japanese musical group
• Blue Zone (band), credited as "B.Z." for the 1998 cover of the song "Jackie" by Joanne Accom
• Beyond Zork, a computer game released by Infocom in 1987
• Border Zone (video game)

Periodicals

• Badische Zeitung, Freiburg(Germany)
• Braunschweiger Zeitung, Braunschweig
• B.Z. (newspaper), Berlin
• Berliner Zeitung, also Berlin
• Berner Zeitung, Bern
• Byzantinische Zeitschrift, a German academic journal

Places

• Bautzen, Germany (vehicle registration code BZ)
• Belize (ISO 3166-1 2-letter country code)
• Province of Bolzano or South Tyrol, Italy (vehicle registration code BZ)
• Brazil (World Meteorological Organization country code)
• Buitenzorg or Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia
• Buzău, Romania (vehicle registration code BZ)

Technology

• .bz, the country code top-level domain for Belize
• bzip2, an algorithm for data compression
• Bugzilla, a web-based error tracker and testing tool
• Busy, in Internet slang (from the pronunciation "bee-zee")
• Toyota bZ series, a family of electric vehicles

Other uses

• Bobby Zamora (born 1981), English footballer nicknamed 'BZ'
• Bravo Zulu, a naval signal meaning 'well done'
• Brent Crude, a trading classification of crude oil (futures trading symbol BZ on the NYMEX exchange)
• Brillouin zone, in mathematics and solid-state physics, a uniquely defined primitive cell in reciprocal space
• Blue Dart Aviation (IATA airline code), a cargo airline based in Chennai, India & Kolkata, India
• Keystone Air Service (1985-2015, IATA airline code), an airline that served Manitoba, Canada
• Squatting movement, in Danish slang, from the word "besæt" ("occupiers")

See also

• Battlezone (disambiguation)
• Bzzz (disambiguation)