Blob may refer to:

Science

Computing

* Binary blob, 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 * Blob URI scheme, 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), 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 ...

'', 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 ''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 sma ...

Other

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