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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>BLOB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bloatware.html" title="bloatware"/><link rel="next" href="block.html" title="block"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">BLOB</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bloatware.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="block.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="BLOB"/><dt xmlns="" id="BLOB"><b>BLOB</b></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">n.</span> [acronym: Binary Large
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OBject] Used by database people to refer to any random large block of bits
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that needs to be stored in a database, such as a picture or sound file.
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The essential point about a BLOB is that it's an object that cannot be
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interpreted within the database itself. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">v.</span> To
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<a href="../M/mailbomb.html"><i class="glossterm">mailbomb</i></a> someone by sending a BLOB to him/her;
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esp. used as a mild threat. “<span class="quote">If that program crashes again, I'm
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going to BLOB the core dump to you.</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bloatware.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="block.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bloatware </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> block</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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