Stab 618022 213454206 2008-05-19T12:32:27Z 82.36.28.41 Deleted link to Stab (fictional film), as it was covered twice on this page {{wiktionarypar|stab}} '''STAB''' or '''stab''' can have these meanings: *The act of [[stabbing]] with a sharp instrument *Stab, a short form of [[stab jacket]], another word for buoyancy compensator *Stab vest, a type of [[armour]] designed to resist knife attacks *[[Stab (music)]], a single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition *STAB, an acronym for "Store to accumulator B", in some forms of [[assembly language]] *STAB, an acronym for the [[St. Anne's-Belfield School]], a college preparatory school located in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA *"Stab", a song by Built to Spill from their 1994 album ''[[There's Nothing Wrong with Love]]'' *[[Pokémon type#Type-specific moves|STAB]], '''s'''ame '''t'''ype '''a'''ttack '''b'''onus, a statistical element in the [[Pokémon video games]]. *''Stab'' is the German language word for "staff", in the sense of an administrative body, especially in military usage. [[Stab (Luftwaffe designation)]], during World War II was the German ''Luftwaffe'' (air force) designation for command aircraft or headquarters units. *[[STAB boat]], a type of [[US Navy]] boat *Johann Stab, another way of referring to the Austrian scientist [[Johannes Stabius]] *[[British Army]] Slang for a [[Territorial Army]] soldier ('''S'''tupid '''TA''' '''B'''astard) * The [[metafiction|metafictional]] film-within-a-film from [[Scream 2]] and [[Scream 3]] * [[Symbol table]], a data structure used by a language translator such as a [[compiler]] or [[interpreter (computing)|interpreter]] * "Take a stab at ...", To make an attempt at a given task. {{disambig}} [[de:Stab]] [[eo:Stabo]] [[fr:Stab]] [[ru:Стержень]]