Ban
Ban could be:
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- Ban (law), a decree that prohibits something, sometimes a form of censorship
- Ban, a barring of access of resources on the Internet
- Ban (plural: bani), a coin, the 1/100 part of a leu in Romania and the Republic of Moldova
- Ban (information), a logarithmic unit of information or weight of evidence; hence also deciban, one tenth of a ban.
- Ban (mythology), a king from Arthurian legend.
- ban (title), a noble title which was used in various South European Balkan countries, the title was originally used in the medieval Bosnian state. The title's origin is either Avar or Illyrian.
- Ban (cabbage), a brand of cabbage.
- Ban (deodorant), a brand name deodorant & antiperspirant
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See also
- Within Wikipedia, a ban is a formal revocation of editing privileges on the main articles. The users are still able to edit any page; however, they are discouraged from doing so. A ban is sometimes confused with a block, but both have distinct meanings. A block will prevent the users from editing the page. An attempt to edit will be met with a "User is blocked" page.