A generic term used to describe the handling and storage of long strings of data by database management systems. A BLOB is a category of data, characterized by large size (including media formats such as audio and video), which can place extreme demands on storage systems and network bandwidth.
Can be stored in a database but normally not interpretable by a database program. Occasionally used as a mild hacker threat when mailed. Can also be used to hide malicious logic code.
a byte stream of data that can represent sound, images or video
a complex structured type that is stored as binary bytes
a generic data type into which any binary data can be placed
a large binary object stored as a column value in a row of a database table
a large block of information such as video, sound, or a document
a large data set that must be handled in a special way because of its size
an internal LOB, and therefore can participate in database transactions
a reference to data in a database
another complex mathematical object which can be used to create organic and, well, blobby (for lack of a better way to describe them) objects. ( Tutorial) ( Language Referece)
A type of data column containing binary data such as graphics, sound, or compiled code. candidate key A unique identifier for a row within a database table. A candidate (or surrogate) key can be made up of one or more columns. By definition, every table must have at least one candidate key (in which case it automatically becomes the primary key for a table), but it is possible for a table to have more than one candidate key (in which case one of them must be designated as the primary key). Any candidate key that is not the primary key is called an alternate key.
A large amount of binary data stored within an Oracle database. BLOB data can consist of audio, video, images, documents, and so on; it is usually stored as LONG data.
Binary Large Object. A generic term used to describe the handling and storage of long strings of data by database management systems. Typically associated with image and video.
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See binary large object (BLOB).
A smart large object data type that stores any kind of binary data, including images. The database server performs no interpretation on the contents of a BLOB column. See also smart large object.
A BLOB is a data type used in a relational database that can contain any type of binary data, including sound, video, graphics, etc.
Binary large object. The format of binary data stored in a relational database.
Binary Large OBject. A generic term for a file containing some kind of binary data (text, image, document, sound, etc). Typically BLOBs can be transferred and manipulated across a wide range of platforms. BLOBs became available in DB2 CS mid 1995.
There are many advantages to keeping data in a (relational) database. Speedy sequential access to the data that makes up a physics event, when layed out as a table, is not one of them. One way around this, is to keep the metadata of an event (run and event numbers, timestamp, trigger menu, etc.) in tables, such that they can be queried, but to put the event data itself in a Binary Large Object, or blob, which serves as a single value for a field in a table. A highly versatile, multi-paradigm, multi-level, standardized programming language, that is used as the main development language in Atlas (for example, ATHENA itself is written in it, as is ROOT). C++ is widely used over an enormous range of domains, because of its versatility. In fact, it is at least the second best choice for pretty much every computing problem, and therefore great to have in your programmer's toolkit. More information is available all over the web (for example, here). See Also ATHENA, ROOT.
Pronounced "bee-lob." See Binary Large Object.
Binary Large Object. A large file, typically an image or sound file, that must be handled in a special way because of its size.
(Binary Large Object) A term for a binary file stored as part of a database record.
short for Binary Large Object. Interbase invented the BLOB fields several years ago and Boeing took advantage of them to keep recorded sounds in the database. AFAIK, IB offered the first BLOB implementation in the relational market. In IB, BLOBs can have different sub types. Note, however, that the original word BLOB seems to mean nothing and probably comes from a movie.
See Main Definition: zone Usage note: The term "blob" is used more frequently by people with a relational database background; search engines typically refer to zones.
A single, connected region in a binary or grayscale image.
Binary large object. Large objects are stored in the database tablespace in a way that optimizes space and provides efficient access. Only a pointer to the object is actually stored in the row.
Binary large object. The data type of a column in an RDBMS table which can store large image or textual data as attributes.
Binary Large Object, a large block of binary data, typically an image or video file, that may have to be handled in a special way.
BLOB ( Binary Large Object) is an Oracle datatype that can hold up to 4 GB of data. Also see CLOB. BLOB's are handy for storing digitized information (e.g., images, audio, video)