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The Blob is a movie from 1958 and the blobs in databases were named after the movie. Later, some people felt that blob should be an acronym. https://web.archiv
by colonwqbang 1y ago
The Blob is a movie from 1958 and the blobs in databases were named after the movie. Later, some people felt that blob should be an acronym.
https://web.archive.org/web/20231108173312/https://www.ibphoenix.com/resources/documents/history/doc_299 https://web.archive.org/web/20231108173312/https://www.ibpho...
- aleph_minus_one 1y ago> Later, some people felt that blob should be an acronym. At least this acronym took on a life of its own: we now also have CLOBs (which correspond to no English word that I am aware of): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_large_object https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_large_object
- sajb 1y agoAka a backronym.
- BizarroLand 1y agoclobber verb: informal hit (someone) hard. treat or deal with harshly. defeat heavily. Noun: British slang for Clothes, circa 1879 The Fantastic Four's The Thing's catchphrase, "It's clobberin' time!" was the only "clob" I was aware of prior to doing these searches.