dictionary help| block | computing dictionary |
1. <unit> A unit of data or memory, often, but not exclusively, on a magnetic disk or magnetic tape.
2. <operating system> To delay or sit idle while waiting for something.
Compare: busy-wait.
3. <computer programming> A delimited section of source code in a block-structured language.
(01 Sep 2004)
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| block | medical dictionary |
An obstruction or stoppage.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
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