In the context of college applications, it would mean bachelor of science--a baccalaureate degree. A four-year college awards a baccalaureate, B.S. or B.A. (bachelor of arts).
It has other meanings in other contexts. In conversation it usually means something else.
The ditloid 7 equals B for S B (7 = B for S B) means:7 = Brides for Seven Brothers
S. B. S. Abayakoon was born in 1958.
The next letter will be a "b." The pattern 2-1-3-2-4-3-etc. So the "a"s and "b"s will each increase by one. First there were two "b"s, then one "a." Then there were three "b"s and two "a"s. So next there will be four "b"s and three "a"s, five "b"s and four "a"s, and so on.
It is sqrt{s*(s-a)*(s-b)*(s-c)} where the lengths of the three sides are a, b and c units and s = (a+b+c)/2.
Take a map S from set A to set B, denote S: A ---> B We call A to be our domain, B our codomain. We call, with an small abuse of notation, S(A) our range, that is the set of all maps of elements of A. Or, we call set C the range of S if C = {c | c = S(a) for all a from A} Remark, C is a subset of B. Just for further knowledge, if for all a in A, S(a) is different, or S(a) != S(b) => a != b for all a, b from A (S(a) and S(b) from B), then we say S is one-to-one. It can happen when the "size" of A is smaller or equal than that of B. if the range of S is the same as the codomain. Or for all elements c from B, c = S(a) for some a from A, then we call S to be onto. It can happen when "size" of A is larger or equal to that of B. Further, if S is one-to-one AND onto, it is invertible. I will leave the proof as an exercise. Just two more note: 1. S is linear if it's a map between vector space A, B over field F which also satisfies S(a + b) = S(a) (+) S(b) and S(kb) = k.S(b) where + and x are addition and scalar multiplication from A while (+) and . are for B. 2. S is not necessarily a function.
B. S. Potter was born in 1836.
B. S. Chandrasekhar was born in 1945.
B. S. Ramaiya was born in 1905.
B. S. Ramaiya died in 1983.
B. S. Christiansen was born in 1952.
S. B. Rao was born in 1943.
B. S. Kesavan died in 2000.