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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blob \Blob\ (bl[o^]b), n. [See {Bleb}.] 1. Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister. --Wright. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A small fresh-water fish ({Uranidea Richardsoni}); the miller's thumb. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blob n : an indistinct shapeless form v : make a spot or mark onto "The wine spotted the tablecloth" [syn: {spot}, {stain}, {fleck}, {blot}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: BLOB 1. n. [acronym: Binary Large OBject] Used by database people to refer to any random large block of bits that needs to be stored in a database, such as a picture or sound file. The essential point about a BLOB is that it's an object that cannot be interpreted within the database itself 2. v. To {mailbomb} someone by sending a BLOB to him/her; esp. used as a mild threat. "If that program crashes again I'm going to BLOB the core dump to you." From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: BLOB 1. {binary large object}. 2.{blitter object}. [{Jargon File}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: BLOB Binary Large OBject
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