Blob

Definitions

1. Short for binary large object, a chunk of opaque data stored as a single value, often in databases, object storage, or browser APIs. Blobs are used for things like files, media, serialized payloads, and binary attachments that are not naturally represented as small structured fields.

   In plain English: A chunk of binary data stored as one object.

   Example: "The database stored thumbnails as blobs at first, but the team later moved them to object storage to reduce row size and replication cost."

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