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cob

Universal workplace deadline term, genuinely useful

Acronym for Close of Business. Usually referring to a 5:00PM deadline.

Middle manager: "umm, if you could just get that done by COB, that would be terrrrrrrific." Programmer: "sure, I'll get to that right away" ::what the hell, I guess I better do that right away...I'll look up COBB on Urban Dictionary::

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COB in industrial electronics

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