Blob
Encyclopedia
In biology
- Blob (visual system)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 name. These areas receive input from...
, sections of the visual cortex where groups of color-sensitive neurons assemble - GlobsterGlobsterA globster, or blob, is an unidentified organic mass that washes up on the shoreline of an ocean or other body of water. The term was coined by Ivan T. Sanderson in 1962 to describe the Tasmanian carcass of 1960, which was said to have "no visible eyes, no defined head, and no apparent bone...
, an unidentified organic mass that washes up on the shoreline of an ocean or other body of water- Chilean BlobChilean blobThe Chilean Blob was a 13-tonne mass of tissue discovered on Pinuno Beach in Los Muermos, Chile in July 2003. It made headlines around the world because biologists were unable to identify it, and were speculating that it was the remains of some species of giant octopus previously unknown to...
, a 13-tonne mass of tissue discovered in 2003 on a beach in Chile, the partial remains of a dead sperm whale - The blob (Chukchi Sea algae)The blob (Chukchi Sea algae)The blob is a term used to refer to a large mass of algae that was first spotted floating in the Chukchi Sea between the Alaskan cities of Wainwright and Barrow in July 2009. A notable feature of the mass is its length of at least . The algae is colored black, which is considered to be unusual....
, a large blob of algae first spotted in the Chukchi Sea
- Chilean Blob
- BlobfishBlobfishThe blobfish is a deep sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae. Inhabiting the deep waters off the coasts of mainland Australia and Tasmania, it is rarely seen by humans....
, deep sea fish
In computing
- Binary blobBinary blobIn the free software community, binary blob is a pejorative term for an object file loaded into the kernel of a open source operating system without publicly available source code...
, in open source culture, a non-free object file loaded into the kernel - Blob detectionBlob detectionIn the area of computer vision, blob detection refers to visual modules that are aimed at detecting points and/or regions in the image that differ in properties like brightness or color compared to the surrounding...
, in computer vision, visual modules that detect regions in the image - Binary large objectBinary large objectA blob is a collection of binary data stored as a single entity in a database management system. Blobs are typically images, audio or other multimedia objects, though sometimes binary executable code is stored as a blob...
(BLOB), in computer database systems - God objectGod objectIn object-oriented programming, a God object is an object that knows too much or does too much. The God object is an example of an anti-pattern....
, or "The Blob", anti-pattern in object-oriented programming - MetaballsMetaballsMetaballs are, in computer graphics, organic-looking n-dimensional objects. The technique for rendering metaballs was invented by Jim Blinn in the early 1980s....
, in computer graphics, organic-looking three-dimensional objects
In media
- Blob (comics)Blob (comics)The Blob is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an adversary of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, he first appeared in X-Men #3 ....
, a Marvel Comics supervillain, adversary of the X-Men - The BlobThe BlobThe Blob is an independently made 1958 American horror/science-fiction film that depicts a giant amoeba-like alien that terrorizes the small community of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania...
, 1958 American science-fiction film depicting a giant, amoeba-like alien- Beware! The BlobBeware! The BlobBeware! The Blob is a 1972 sequel to horror science-fiction film The Blob. The film was directed by Larry Hagman. The screenplay was penned by Anthony Harris and Jack Woods III, based on a story by Jack H. Harris and Richard Clair...
, a 1972 sequel to the 1958 film - The Blob (1988 film)The Blob (1988 film)The Blob is a 1988 American monster horror film distributed by Tristar Pictures. It is a remake of the 1958 film of the same name, which starred Steve McQueen. The film was written by Chuck Russell and Frank Darabont and directed by Russell. The shooting took place in Abbeville, Louisiana.-Plot:A...
, a remake of the 1958 film
- Beware! The Blob
- The BlobsThe BlobsThe Blobs is an animated television series based on the books by DC Thomson, published in 1980. It tells the story of a community of colorful paint-splash characters who live in Paintbox Land...
, an animated television series
In games
- in computer-games ( strategy games in particularly ) players, often in guilds/alliances form something called a "Blob" - This is usually a gathering of a group of player's War Ships.
- de BlobDe Blobde Blob, known as Blob: Colorful na Kibou in Japan, is a platform-puzzle video game that allows players to 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...
, a 2008 video game for the Wii system - The Blob (Clayfighter), a playable character in the Clayfighter video games
- A Boy and His BlobA Boy and His BlobA Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia is a 1989 video game developed by Imagineering for the Nintendo Entertainment System . The game was published by Absolute Entertainment in North America and Europe and by Jaleco in Japan...
, a 2009 video game by David Crane for the NES - Blob (video game)Blob (video game)Blob is a platform-puzzle game, developed by Jonnathan Hilliard and published by Core Design for the Commodore Amiga personal computer. The game was released in the United Kingdom on September 1, 1993.-Gameplay:...
, a 1993 platform-puzzle game for the Commodore Amiga personal computer - Blob WarsBlob WarsBlob Wars is a series of open source cross-platform video games by Parallel Realities.-Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid:Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid is an open source 2D arcade platform game developed by Parallel Realities. It plays a lot like New Zealand Story whilst also borrowing elements from Ape...
, a series of open source cross-platform video games by Parallel Realities - In the MMORPG "Perfect World" the blobs are low level monsters located outside Ancient Dragon City and Orchid Temple.
Other uses
- BlobbingBlobbingBlobbing is an outdoor water activity in which a participant sits on the end of a partially inflated air bag and is then launched into the water after another participant jumps onto the air bag from a platform on the opposite side. The activity is popular at summer camps in North America...
, 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 (unit) English unit of mass, the inch-equivalent of a slug
- BlobitectureBlobitectureBlobitecture from blob architecture, blobism or blobismus are terms for a movement in architecture in which buildings have an organic, amoeba-shaped, bulging form...
, in which buildings have an organic, amoeba-shaped, bulging form - Lyman-alpha blobLyman-alpha blobIn astronomy, a Lyman-alpha blob is a huge concentration of a gas emitting the Lyman-alpha emission line. LABs are some of the largest known individual objects in the Universe. Some of these gaseous structures are more than 400,000 light years across...
, a concentration of a gas emitting the Lyman-alpha emission line
- Newfoundland BlobNewfoundland BlobThe Newfoundland Blob was an unidentified mass that washed ashore near St. Bernard’s, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland on 2 August 2001. The specimen was 5.6 m long. Analysis of samples in 2002 showed that the Newfoundland Blob was a portion of the carcass of a sperm whale.-References:* Puig, R. 2004. ...
, an unidentified mass (globster) that washed ashore near St - Nantucket BlobNantucket BlobThe Nantucket Blob was an unidentified mass that washed ashore on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, sometime during November 1996. Analysis of samples in 2004 suggests that the Nantucket Blob was a large mass of adipose tissue from a whale....
, an unidentified mass (globster) that washed ashore on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, sometime during November 1996 - Bermuda BlobBermuda BlobBermuda Blob is the name given to two globsters that washed ashore on Bermuda in 1988 and 1997. At first thought to be the remains of a cryptid, analysis suggests that the blobs were the remains of known sea creatures....
, the name given to three globsters that washed ashore on Bermuda from 1988 to 1997 - Hebrides BlobHebrides BlobThe Hebrides blob was an unidentified, long carcass that washed ashore on Benbecula beach in the Hebrides, Scotland, in 1990. Louise Whitts, who discovered the carcass, described it as follows: "It had what appeared to be a head at one end, a curved back and seemed to be covered with eaten-away...
, an unidentified, 12 ft (3.7 m) long carcass that washed ashore on Benbecula beach in the Hebrides, Scotland, in 1990