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English Dictionary: blob by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blob
n
  1. an indistinct shapeless form
v
  1. make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
    Synonym(s): spot, fleck, blob, blot
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blob \Blob\ (bl[ocr]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[94]l.) A small fresh-water fish ({Uranidea
            Richardsoni}); the miller's thumb.

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 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 (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   BLOB
  
      1. {binary large object}.
  
      2. {blitter object}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  
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