Blob

A blob is a shapeless mass. It may also refer to:

In science

• Blob (visual system), sections of the visual cortex where groups of color-sensitive neurons assemble
• Globster, an unidentified organic mass that washes up on the shoreline of an ocean or other body of water
• 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.
• Cold blob (North Atlantic), a mass of cold water in the North Atlantic.

In computing

• Binary blob, in open source software, a non-free object file loaded into the kernel
• Blob detection, in computer vision, visual modules that detect regions in the image
• Binary large object (BLOB), in computer database systems
• A storage mechanism in the cloud computing platform Microsoft Azure

In entertainment

Film and television

• 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

Gaming

• Blob (video game), a 1993 platform-puzzle game for the Amiga personal computer
• de Blob, a 2008 video game for the Wii system
• The Blob (Clayfighter), a playable character in the ClayFighter video games

Comics

• Blob (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain, adversary of the X-Men

Other uses

• 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
• Blob, a British unit of mass, one twelfth of a slug (mass)

See also

• Blobfish, deep sea fish