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Look up blob in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A blob is a soft amorphous mass, but the term may also refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (from wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

  • Binary large object (BLOB), in computer database systems
  • Metaball a form of Procedural surface, in computer graphics,
  • Blob (comics), Marvel Comics supervillain
  • The Blob, 1958 and 1988 science-fiction films
  • Blob-shaped building, a contemporary form of architecture
  • Binary blob, in computing, partial or complete segment of a program provided in binary form only, without source code
  • a coherent region in an image for which the shape properties are not of primary importance; in image processing and computer vision, a blob may typically mean a region which is brighter or darker than its surrounding or a region which in some other respect has different properties than its background, see blob detection for more detailed definitions
  • God object or "The Blob" anti-pattern, in computer programming, an object of class which knows or does too much
  • Blobs, a feature of the visual system.
  • Lyman-alpha blob, a collection of galaxies and gas bubbles
  • another name for globster
  • a mass of sea squirts (tunicates), are often referred to as "the Blob", and are found invading many coastal waters around the world.
  • The Blob (Clayfighter), one of the many playable characters in the Clayfighter video games.
  • Recently, under the sea was discovered a creature that its only a mass of living organic matter, it was called Blob

A blob is a collection of binary data stored as a single entity in a database management system. ... Two metaballs Metaballs is the name of a computer graphics technique for rendering organic-looking n-dimensional objects and was invented by Jim Blinn in the early 1980s. ... In computer graphics, a procedural surface is a representation of a surface as a mathematical implicit equation, rather than an explicit representation. ... The Blob (Frederick J. Dukes) is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an adversary of the X-Men. ... For other meanings of this term, see Blob. ... Future Systems blobitecture design for the 2003 Selfridges department store, is intended to make a statement and rejuvenate Birmingham city centre. ... In computer science, a binary blob is an opaque binary object for which no source code is available. ... Shape (OE. sceap Eng. ... UPIICSA IPN - Binary image Image processing is any form of information processing for which the input is an image, such as photographs or frames of video; the output is not necessarily an image, but can be for instance a set of features of the image. ... Computer vision is the science and technology of machines that see. ... In the area of computer vision, blob detection refers to visual modules that are aimed at detecting points and/or regions in the image that are either brighter or darker than the surrounding. ... In object-oriented programming, a God object is an object that knows too much or does too much. ... Blobs are sections of the visual cortex where groups of neurons which are sensitive to color assemble in cylindrical shapes. ... The visual system is the part of the nervous system which allows organisms to see. ... A Lyman-alpha blob (LAB) is a large concentration of a gas emitting the Lyman-alpha emission line. ... Carcass that washed ashore near St. ... Classes Ascidiacea Thaliacea Appendicularia Sorberacea Urochordata (sometimes known as tunicata and commonly called urochordates, tunicates, sea squirts or cunji) is the subphylum of saclike filter feeders with incurrent and excurrent siphons. ... Blob is a fictional character and playable character in the Clayfighter video games. ... ClayFighter was a fighting game released for the SNES in 1993 and later ported to Sega Genesis in 1994. ...

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Binary large object - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (195 words)
A blob is a collection of binary data stored as a single entity in a database management system.
Blobs are typically images, audio or other multimedia objects, though sometimes binary code is stored as a blob.
Blobs were originally just amorphous chunks of data invented by Jim Starkey at DEC, who describes them as "the thing that ate Cincinnatti, Cleveland, or whatever".
Blob (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (820 words)
The Blob (Frederick J. Dukes) is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an adversary of the X-Men.
Due to the Scarlet Witch's magicks the Blob was one of the thousands of mutants to lose their powers, though his skin has not shrunk to compensate the loss of his bloated mass, giving him huge folds of loose skin all over his body and causing him to become suicidal.
The Blob had superhuman strength which had greatly increased over the years, in a manner very similar to that of the Thing; originally the Blob had enhanced strength enabling him to lift about 1 ton, but right up to losing his powers he had become strong enough to lift roughly 70 tons.
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