Blob
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
- A region in an image detected by a blob detector.
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 Physarum polycephalum, 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 Amiga video game
- The Problem Blob, a villain in the BBC television series the Numberjacks
- de Blob, a 2008 Wii video game
- 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
Other
- A nickname for the foreign policy establishment in the United States
- Blob, mascot of the Philadelphia Stars
See also
- A Boy and His Blob, a 2009 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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