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blob

[blob] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, blobbed, blob·bing.

–noun

1.	a globule of liquid; bubble.

2.	a small lump, drop, splotch, or daub: A blob of paint marred the surface.

3.	an object, esp. a large one, having no distinct shape or definition: a blob on the horizon.

4.	a dull, slow-witted, and uninteresting person.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to mark or splotch with blobs.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME; appar. expressive formation

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blob (blŏb) Pronunciation Key
n.

A soft, amorphous mass.
A daub, as of color.

tr.v. blobbed, blob·bing, blobs
To splash or daub with blobs; splotch.

[From Middle English blober, bubble, bubbling, probably of imitative origin.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
blob

1725, "drop, globule," from a verb meaning "to make or mark with blobs" (1429), perhaps related to bubble.

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blob
noun
1.	an indistinct shapeless form
verb
1.	make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" [syn: spot]

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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

BLOB
1. binary large object.
2. blitter object.
[The Jargon File]

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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."

Jargon File 4.2.0

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary 3rd Edition - Cite This Source - Share This

BLOB
very large binary file (from "binary large object")

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