Blocking
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Blocking may refer to:
Telecommunications and computing
- Blocking (computing), holding up a task until an event occurs
- Head-of-line blocking in some network switching fabrics
- Internet blocking, see Block (Internet)
Theatre and film
- Blocking (stage), the movement and positioning of actors on the stage (and in film, within the frame)
- Blocking (animation)
Sport
- Blocking (American football), the legal interference with another player's motion
- Blocking (martial arts), a defensive technique in martial arts
Behaviour
- Thought blocking, a type of thought disorder
- Blocking effect, in psychology
Other
- Blocking (linguistics), where the existence of a competing form blocks the application of a morphological process
- Blocking (textile arts), the process of stretching a knitted garment into shape while wet or using steam
- Blocking (transport), the process of dividing a transit schedule into parts that can be operated by a single vehicle.
- Blocking (statistics), in the design of experiments, the arranging of experimental units in groups (blocks) which are similar to one another
- Blocking, a process to prevent unwanted binding of antibody to the membrane in the western blot technique
- Blocking (construction), horizontal boards placed between wall studs to facilitate hardware attachment
- Atmospheric blocking, large scale stationary pressure cells in meteorology
See also
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