Block
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Block only refer to:
- Block (street), an area surrounded but not divided by streets.
- Block (toy), one of a set of wooden or plastic pieces of various shapes.
- Block (sailing), a sheeve or a number of sheeves enclosed in a block.
- Block (country subdivision)
- Block (group theory)
- Block (graph theory)
- Block (meteorology)
- Block (programming), a segment of a program.
- Block (data storage)
- Block (telecommunications), a unit of data transmission.
- Block (basketball), when a defensive player legally deflects a shot.
- Census block, the smallest geographical unit in the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Engine block, the main part of an internal combustion engine.
- Postage stamp block, an attached group of postage stamps.
- Block tag, an HTML element.
- Block Entertainment, a record label.
- Blocks Recording Club, a record label.
Block may also be used for:
- A block in railway signalling used to control the train movement.
- A form of access control.
- Blocking (American football), when a player obstructs another player's path.
- Blocking techniques in the martial arts.
[edit] People
- Francesca Lia Block
- Herbert Lawrence Block
- John Rusling Block
- Josef Block
- Lawrence Block
- Maurice Block
- Richard Earl Block, mathematician