Board
# Board

Board or Boards may refer to:

## Flat surface

* Lumber, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat
   * Plank (wood)
   * Cutting board
   * Sounding board, of a musical instrument
* Cardboard (paper product)
* Paperboard
* Fiberboard
   * Hardboard, a type of fiberboard
* Particle board, also known as chipboard
   * Oriented strand board
* Printed circuit board, in computing and electronics
   * Motherboard, the main printed circuit board of a computer
* A reusable writing surface
   * Chalkboard
   * Whiteboard

## Recreation

* Board game
   * Chessboard
   * Checkerboard
* Board (bridge), a device used in playing duplicate bridge
* Board, colloquial term for the rebound statistic in basketball
* Board track racing, a type of motorsport popular in the United States during the 1910s and 1920s
* Boards, the wall around a bandy field or ice hockey rink
* Boardsports
* Diving board (disambiguation)

## Companies

* Board International, a Swiss software vendor known for its business intelligence software toolkit
* Bureau of Architecture, Research, and Design (BOARD), an architecture firm based in Rotterdam

## Groups

* Advisory board, a body that provides non-binding strategic advice to the management of a corporation
* Currency board, the monetary authority to maintain a fixed exchange rate with a foreign currency
* Board of directors, or a similar governing or advisory committee
* Board of selectmen, the executive arm of the government of New England towns in the United States
* Board of supervisors, a governmental body that oversees the operation of county government in some U.S. states
* Board of trustees, the authority of a nonprofit organization
* Editorial board, a group responsible for a publication's editorial policy
* Examination board, an organization that sets examinations, is responsible for marking them and distributes results
* Parole board, a panel that decides whether an offender should be released from prison
* Police board, a group charged with the responsibility of overseeing a local police force
* Supervisory board, a group responsible for hiring and firing a board of directors

## People

### Sports

* C. J. Board (born 1993), American football player
* Chris Board (born 1995), American football player
* Dwaine Board (born 1956), American football player and coach
* Jim Board (born 1956), Australian rules footballer
* Michael Board (born 1970), British swimmer
* Terry Board (footballer, born 1945), Australian rules footballer
* Terry Board (footballer, born 1968), Australian rules footballer

### Other areas

* Kate Board, English airship pilot
* Mike Board (born 1952), Australian politician
* Mykel Board (born 1950), American journalist, musician, and writer
* Printz Board (born 1982), American record producer, songwriter, and singer
* Prudy Taylor Board (born 1933), American author and editor

## Other

* Board book, a book made more durable by the use of cardboard covers and thicker paper
* Board certification, for medical professionals in the United States
* Board examination, a part of education in some countries
* Board foot, measurement of lumber volume
* Boards (magazine), a 1999–2010 trade publication for the advertising community
* boards.ie, an Internet forum in Ireland
* Bulletin board (disambiguation), where people can leave public messages
* Distribution board or breaker panel, a component of an electricity supply system
* Room and board, in exchange for money, labor, or other consideration, a person is provided with a place to live as well as meals
* "The Big Board", nickname of the New York Stock Exchange
