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Blob

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Blob may refer to:

Science

Computing

  • Binary blob, in open source software, a non-free object file loaded into the kernel
  • Binary large object (BLOB), in computer database systems
  • A storage mechanism in the cloud computing platform Microsoft Azure
  • Blob URI scheme, a URI scheme for binary data

Other science

  • Blob (visual system), sections of the visual cortex where groups of color-sensitive neurons assemble
  • The blob (Chukchi Sea algae), a large blob of algae first spotted in the Chukchi Sea
  • The Blob (Pacific Ocean), a mass of warm water spreading off the Pacific coast of North America
  • Blob, a common name for a slime mold species

Entertainment

  • The Blob, 1958 American science-fiction film depicting a giant, amoeba-like alien
  • The Blob (1988 film), a remake of the 1958 film
  • The Blobs, an animated television series
  • Blob (video game), a 1993 platform-puzzle game for the Amiga personal computer
  • The Problem Blob, a villain in the BBC television series the Numberjacks
  • de Blob, a 2008 video game for the Wii system
  • The Blob (Clayfighter), a playable character in the ClayFighter video games
  • Blob (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain, adversary of the X-Men
  • Blobs, a former animated mascot of the British television channel BBC3

Games

  • Blob (card game), a British scoring variant of the card game, Oh Hell

Weights and measures

  • Blob, a British unit of mass, equal to twelve slugs


See also

  • A Boy and His Blob, a platform-puzzle video game
  • Blobbing, an outdoor activity where a participant sits on an inflated air bag, or blob, and is launched into the air and falls into a body of water
  • Blobfish (disambiguation), deep sea fish
  • Cold blob (North Atlantic), a mass of cold water in the North Atlantic
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