BZ

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")