Blob may refer to:

Science

Computing

Binary blob In the context of free and open-source software, proprietary software only available as a binary executable is referred to as a blob or binary blob. The term usually refers to a device driver module loaded into the kernel of an open-source ope ...

, in open source software, a non-free object file loaded into the kernel *

Binary large object A binary large object (BLOB or blob) is a collection of binary data stored as a single entity. Blobs are typically images, audio or other multimedia objects, though sometimes binary executable code is stored as a blob. They can exist as persistent ...

(BLOB), in computer database systems * A storage mechanism in the cloud computing platform

Microsoft Azure Microsoft Azure, often referred to as Azure ( , ), is a cloud computing platform operated by Microsoft for application management via around the world-distributed data centers. Microsoft Azure has multiple capabilities such as software as a ...

Blob URI scheme The blob URI scheme, also known as an object URL, is a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme used for accessing locally generated data via APIs designed to work only with URLs. A blob URI looks like blob:http://example.com/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716 ...

, a URI scheme for binary data * A region in an image detected by a blob detector.

Other science

Blob (visual system) Blobs are sections of the visual cortex where groups of neurons that are sensitive to color assemble in cylindrical shapes. They were first identified in 1979 by Margaret Wong-Riley when she used a cytochrome oxidase stain, from which they get their ...

, 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) The Blob is a large mass of relatively warm water in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of North America that was first detected in late 2013 and continued to spread throughout 2014 and 2015. It is an example of a marine heatwave. Sea surface tempe ...

, a mass of warm water spreading off the Pacific coast of North America *

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 M ...

, a common name for

Physarum polycephalum ''Physarum polycephalum'', an acellular slime mold or myxomycete popularly known as "the blob", is a protist with diverse cellular forms and broad geographic distribution. The “acellular” moniker derives from the plasmodial stage of the li ...

, a slime mold species

Entertainment

* ''

The Blob ''The Blob'' is a 1958 American science fiction horror film directed by Irvin Yeaworth, and written by Kay Linaker and Theodore Simonson. It stars Steve McQueen (in his first feature film leading role) and Aneta Corsaut and co-stars Earl Rowe a ...

'', 1958 American science-fiction film depicting a giant, amoeba-like alien * ''The Blob'' (1988 film), a remake of the 1958 film * ''

The Blobs ''The Blobs'' was an animated television series based on the books by DC Thomson, published in 1980. It tells the story of a community of colourful paint-splash characters who live in Paintbox Land. The 26-episode series, narrated originally by ...

'', an animated television series * ''Blob'' (video game), a 1993 Amiga video game * The Problem Blob, a villain in the BBC television series the ''

Numberjacks ''Numberjacks'' is a British 3D animated children's television series, aimed particularly at children aged two to five, shown regularly on CBeebies and occasionally on BBC Two in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It w ...

'' * ''

de Blob ''De Blob'' (stylized as ''de BLOB'') is a puzzle-platform game. Players explore and liberate an alien city from the evil, monochromatic INKT Corporation that has taken over the city and outlawed all color and fun from daily life. Playing as Blob, ...

'', a 2008 Wii video game * The Blob (''Clayfighter''), a playable character in the ''ClayFighter'' video games *

Blob (comics) The Blob (Frederick J. "Fred" Dukes) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an adversary of the X-Men. A mutant originally depicted as a fat circus freak, the Blo ...

, a Marvel Comics supervillain, adversary of the X-Men * Blobs, a former animated mascot of the British television channel '' BBC3''

Games

Blob (card game) 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 M ...

, a British scoring variant of the card game, Oh Hell

Weights and measures

* Blob, a British unit of mass, equal to twelve

slugs Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a smal ...

Other

* A nickname for the foreign policy establishment in the United States * Blob, mascot of the Philadelphia Stars