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GBS

British  

abbreviation

  1. George Bernard Shaw

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"In just a few minutes on a laptop, the methods developed allow us to determine whether a GBS experiment is outputting the correct answer and what errors, if any, are present."

From Science Daily Dec. 1, 2025

GBS machines rely on photons, the basic particles of light, to generate probability calculations that would require thousands of years for even the fastest classical supercomputer to complete.

From Science Daily Dec. 1, 2025

In 2015 Brazil reported a cluster of GBS cases linked to the Zika virus.

From BBC Feb. 3, 2025

GBS begins with tingling or numbness in the feet and hands, followed by muscle weakness and difficulty moving joints.

From BBC Feb. 3, 2025

I began to go through the manuscript unifying—and then I noticed that in a single paragraph of his Bernard Shaw Gilbert uses "GBS," "Shaw," "Bernard Shaw," and "Mr. Shaw."

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie

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