| English | French |
| bad block | bloc défectueux (A disk sector that cannot be used for data storage, usually because of media damage or imperfections. Finding, marking, and avoiding bad sectors on a disk is one of the many tasks performed by a computer's operating system. A disk-formatting utility can also find and mark the bad sectors on a disk) |
| bad debt | créance irrécouvrable (An accounts receivable that will likely remain uncollectable and will be written off) |
| Bad Language | Gros mots (A content descriptor developed by the Pan European Gaming Information (PEGI) and the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)) |
| bad sector | secteur défectueux (A disk sector that cannot be used for data storage, usually because of media damage or imperfections. Finding, marking, and avoiding bad sectors on a disk is one of the many tasks performed by a computer's operating system. A disk-formatting utility can also find and mark the bad sectors on a disk) |
| bad word | mot impropre (A specific word or phrase that is specified on the basis of an organization's messsaging policy and used in keyword filtering (content filtering) to identify and prevent unwanted e-mail messages from being delivered to users in the organization) |
| bad word supervision policy | stratégie de prévention des mots impropres (" E-mail policy settings that prevent sending and receiving e-mail that has specifically banned content. Administrators can use this policy to reject e-mail that contains profanity or other objectionable words, also known as "bad words".") |
