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  • Batch Number

    Synonyms: Lot Number, Code number, requisition number, packaging job number, or equivalent

  • Batch Number

    (ICH Q7) A unique combination of numbers, letters, and/or symbols that identifies a batch (or lot) and from which the production and distribution history can be determined.

  • Batch Number

    (ASTM/PAT) A combination of numbers, letters, and/or symbols that uniquely identify a batch and from which the production and distribution history can be determined.

  • Batch Processing

    Execution of programs serially with no interactive processing.

  • Batch Record

    The set of records of all relevant process information in any Physical or electronic format.

  • Batchwise Control

    The use of validated in-process sampling and testing methods such that results prove the process has done what it purports to do for the specific batch concerned, assuming control parameters have been appropriately maintained.

  • BATF

    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (United States Department of Justice)

  • Baud

    The signaling rate of a line. It's the switching speed, or number of transitions [voltage or frequency change] made per second. At low speeds bauds are equal to bits per seconds; e.g., 300 baud is equal to 300 bps. However, one baud can be made to represent more than one bit per second.

  • BBR

    Bureau of Biologics and Radiopharmaceuticals (Canada)

  • BC/BS

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Health Insurance

  • BCA

    Blood Center of America

  • BCAA

    Branched-Chain Amino Acids

  • BCB (CFSAN)

    Bioanalytical Chemistry Branch (CFSAN)

  • BCE

    Beneficial Clinical Event

  • BCM

    Business Continuity Management

  • BCP

    Bureau of Consumer Protection (FTC)

  • BCP

    Business Continuity Plan

  • BCPT

    Breast Cancer Prevention Test

  • BCS

    Bovine Calf Serum

  • BCS

    British Computer Society

  • BCS

    Biopharmaceutical Classification System

  • BCS SIGIST

    British Computer Society Specialist Interest Group in Software Testing

  • BCT

    Blood Cell Transplantation

  • BCT

    Best Conventional Control Technology for existing direct discharges (EPA)

  • BDB

    Biologic Devices Branch (CBER)