1. BBC, the British Broadcasting Corporation:
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), sometimes is called the Beeb or Auntie Beeb.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London.
Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927.
The oldest and largest local and global broadcaster by stature and by number of employees, the BBC employs over 21,000 staff in total, of whom approximately 17,900 are in public-sector broadcasting.
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2. British home computer
Beeb (informal) was a BBC Micro (British home computer). The British Broadcasting
Corporation Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a series of microcomputer
designed and built by Acorn Computers Limited in the 1980s for the Computer
Literacy Project of the BBC.
Designed with an emphasis on
education, it was notable for its ruggedness, expandability, and the quality of
its operating system.
An accompanying 1982 television series, The
Computer Programme, featuring Chris Serle learning to use the machine, was
broadcast on BBC2.
The machine was released as
the BBC Microcomputer on 1 December 1981, although production problems pushed
delivery of the majority of the initial run into 1982.
Nicknamed "the
Beeb", it was popular in the UK, especially in the educational market;
about 80% of British schools had a BBC microcomputer.
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3. Weekly, children's magazine
BEEB was a weekly, children's magazine centred on the BBC's most popular programmes at the time of its publication.
It was published by Polystyle Publications and was created as a competitor to ITV's Look-in magazine.
It lasted 20 issues between 29 January 1985 and 11 June 1985.
There was no announcement in the last issue, or any resolution to the ongoing comic serials.
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4. Given Name:
Beeb Birtles (born 1948) is an Australian musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist.
He has been a member of various Australian groups including Zoot (1967–71), Mississippi (1972–74), Little River Band (1975–83) and Birtles Shorrock Goble (2002–07).
He has also worked as a solo artist, including releasing an album, Driven by Dreams (2000).
In 2004, Birtles and other members of the classic line-up of Little River Band were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.
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