Block
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Block may refer to:
Objects
- A large concrete masonry unit In the United States, a concrete masonry unit — also called concrete block, cement block or foundation block — is a large rectangular brick used in construction. Concrete blocks are made from cast concrete, i.e. Portland cement and aggregate, usually sand and fine gravel for high-density blocks. Lower density blocks may use industrial wastes
- Tower block A tower block, high-rise, apartment tower, apartment block, or block of flats, is a tall building or structure used as a residential and/or office building. In some areas they may be referred to as "MDU" standing for "Multi Dwelling Unit", a high rise multi-unit building
- Block (sailing) In sailing, a block is a single or multiple pulley. One or a number of sheaves are enclosed in an assembly between cheeks or chocks. In use a block is fixed to the end of a line, to a spar or to a surface. Rope or line is rove through the sheaves, and maybe through one or more matching blocks at some far end to make up a tackle, a single or multiple pulley used on sailboats
- Cylinder block The cylinder block or engine block is a machined casting containing cylindrically bored holes for the pistons of a multi-cylinder reciprocating internal combustion engine, or for a similarly constructed device such as a pump. It is a complex part at the heart of an engine, with adaptions to attach the cylinder head, crankcase, engine mounts, drive, the main part of an internal combustion engine
- Toy block Toy blocks , are wooden, plastic or foam pieces of various shapes (square, cylinder, arch, triangle, etc.) and colors that are used as building toys. Sometimes toy blocks depict letters of the alphabet, one of a set of wooden or plastic pieces of various shapes
- Unit block a type of standardized wooden toy block for children
- Freewheel On a bicycle, the cogset or cluster is the set of multiple rear sprockets that attaches to the hub on the rear wheel. A cogset works with a rear derailleur as part of the drivetrain to provide multiple gear ratios to the rider. Cogsets come in two varieties, cassettes or freewheels, of which cassettes are a newer development. Although cassettes, a set of rear sprockets that attaches to a hub on the rear wheel
- Wood block A wood block is essentially a small piece of slit drum made from a single piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument. It is struck with a stick, making a characteristically percussive sound a small piece of slit drum made from a single piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument
- Hat block A hat block, also known as a hat form or bashing block, is a wooden block carved into the shape of a hat by a craftsman known as a block shaper. It is used by hat makers or milliners to produce a hat a wooden block carved into the shape of a hat by a craftsman known as a block shaper
- Postage stamp block, an attached group of postage stamps
Science
- Block (extraction of petroleum), a sub-division of an underground reservoir
- Block (meteorology), large-scale near-stationary patterns in the atmospheric pressure field
Sports
- Blocking (American football), when a player obstructs another player's path
- Block (basketball) In basketball, a block occurs when a defensive player legally deflects a shot from an offensive player. The defender must not touch the offensive player's hands or otherwise a foul is called. In order to be legal, the block must occur while the shot is traveling upward. If it is heading downward when the defender hits it, it is ruled as, when a defensive player legally deflects a shot
- Blocking (martial arts) In martial arts, blocking is the act of stopping or deflecting an opponent's attack for the purpose of preventing injurious contact with the body. A block usually consists of placing a limb across the line of the attack, a defensive technique in the martial arts
Transport
Technology
- Block (data storage) In computing , a block is a sequence of bytes or bits, having a nominal length (a block size). Data thus structured are said to be blocked. The process of putting data into blocks is called blocking. Blocking is used to facilitate the handling of the data-stream by the computer program receiving the data. Blocked data are normally read a whole, the practice of storing electronic data in equally-sized units
- Block-level element in the HTML markup language
- Block (telecommunications), a unit of data transmission
- block (programming) In computer programming, a block is a section of code which is grouped together. Blocks consist of one or more declarations and statements. A programming language that permits the creation of blocks, including blocks nested within other blocks, is called a block structured programming language, a group of declarations and statements treated as a unit
- Block (internet) On the internet, a block is a technical measure intended to restrict access to information or resources. Blocks should not be confused with bans, although they are often used to enforce a ban, technical measures to restrict users' access to certain internet resources
- Boom Blox, a video game for the Wii console from EA, previously known as Blocks
- Blocks (C language extension), an extension to the C programming language designed to support parallel programming
- Non-blocking, for computers running multiple programs at once, it is important for no single task waiting for completion of an operation to indefinitely block the processing of any other task.
Mathematics
- Block design, a kind of set system in combinatorial mathematics
- Block (group theory)
- In graph theory Graph theory is a growing area in mathematical research, and has a large specialized vocabulary. Some authors use the same word with different meanings. Some authors use different words to mean the same thing. This page attempts to keep up with current usage, a maximally 2-connected subgraph or a bridge with its endvertices
- Blocks are the elements of a block matrix
Music
- Block Entertainment, a record label
- Blocks Recording Club, a record label
- Block musical form The term musical form is often loosely used to refer to particular musical genres or styles , which may be determined by factors such as harmonic language, typical rhythms, types of musical instrument used as well as historical and geographical origins. In the vocabulary of art-music, however, it has a more extended meaning, referring to the type
- Wood block A wood block is essentially a small piece of slit drum made from a single piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument. It is struck with a stick, making a characteristically percussive sound, a small piece of slit drum made from a single piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument
Broadcasting
- Program block Block programming is a strategy of television and radio programmers. Block programming occurs when the television network schedules similar programs back-to-back. The concept is to provide similar programming to keep the viewers. Radio stations use it consistently: they program the same type of music for long periods of time. A notable example of, the result of a programming strategy in broadcasting
People
- Malú Block, born María Luisa Cabrera (1904–1989), Mexican artist
- Laura Block, (1989-), British Chemist
- Lawrence Block, (1938-), American crime writer
See also
- All pages beginning with "Block"
- All pages with titles containing "Block"
- Blocking (disambiguation)
- Blockade (disambiguation)
- Blockbuster (disambiguation)
- Bloc (disambiguation)
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