Blob

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
• 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 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
• Mr Blobby, loveable bringer of chaos and nonsense to our television screens in the 90s.

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

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