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> firmware BLOBs Nitpick, but it’s just ‘blob’ as in ‘a big blob of bytes’. It’s not an acronym or abbreviation for anything :)

• wizzwizz4 7mo ago
  Big bLob Of Bytes.
• dcminter 7mo ago
  In the database world a BLOB is a Binary Large OBject ... are you sure of your etymology? Edit: and I'm not btw - for all I know BLOB in DB land might be backronym from blob in the common usage.
  • bogeholm 7mo ago
    Wikipedia lists exactly the two cases you mention [0]: > > Not to be confused with Binary large object (BLOB). > In the context of free and open-source software, proprietary software only available as a binary executable is referred to as a blob or binary blob. [0]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_blob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_blob
    • dcminter 7mo ago
      I hadn't read that page, but now I do I note that it says: "The term blob was first used in database management systems to describe a collection of binary data stored as a single entity." So I guess I'm not any clearer on this point. edit: If I had to bet on it then I'd put money on the theory that "blob" became "BLOB" to sound more technical though...