It doesn't stand for anything in normal speech. http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/blob?q=blob http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/b

It doesn't stand for anything in normal speech. http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/blob?q=blob http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/blob?q=blob In the context of 'binary blob' I think it would be clear it just means an amorphous mass of bits and not some Jargon File definition (which in turn is clearly a play on the regular word in itself).