SCBs

SCBs refer to several unrelated uses across different domains. In finance, SCB commonly denotes Standard Chartered Bank, a multinational banking group headquartered in London. The abbreviation appears in financial reporting, correspondence, and market references to the bank and, in some contexts, to its local subsidiaries or branches operating under the Standard Chartered brand.

In computing and information systems, SCB can stand for System Control Block, a data structure used in various operating systems and firmware to hold state information needed to manage system-wide resources or per-process execution. The exact composition of an SCB varies by platform, but it typically includes pointers to resources, flags, and counters that assist in scheduling, security, and I/O management.

In electronics and signal processing, SCB may refer to a switched-capacitor bank or switched-capacitor network. Such arrangements use banks of capacitors and semiconductor switches controlled by clocks to emulate resistors and implement programmable analog filters, emulators of impedance, or other reconfigurable analog functions. Switched-capacitor structures are valued for providing precise, tunable circuit behavior with relatively simple manufacturing requirements in integrated circuits.

Because SCBs have multiple meanings across finance, computing, and electronics, the intended interpretation depends on the context and field. If a specific domain is known, the corresponding definition can be provided with greater detail.