BLOCK

'Block' may refer to:
Objects that resemble 'rectangular prisms':

★ A large concrete or stone brick

★ Block (sailing), a single or multiple pulley used on sailboats

★ Cylinder block, the main part of an internal combustion engine

★ Toy block, one of a set of wooden or plastic pieces of various shapes
An 'area of land':

★ Block (country subdivision), a unit of government in some South Asian countries

★ Census block, the smallest geographical unit in the U.S. Census Bureau

★ City block, an area surrounded but not divided by streets
In 'science':

★ Block (extraction of petroleum), a sub-division of an underground reservoir

★ Block (meteorology), large-scale near-stationary patterns in the atmospheric pressure field
In 'sports':

★ Blocking (American football), when a player obstructs another player's path

★ Block (basketball), when a defensive player legally deflects a shot

★ Blocking (martial arts), a defensive technique in the martial arts
In 'technology':

★ Block (data storage), the practice of storing electronic data in equally-sized units

★ Block-level element in the internet coding language HTML

★ Block (telecommunications), a unit of data transmission

★ Statement block, a segment of a program

★ Blocks (video game), an upcoming video game from EA
In 'mathematics':

★ Block design, a kind of set system in combinatorial mathematics

★ Block (group theory)

★ A maximally 2-connected subgraph or a bridge with its endvertices in graph theory
In 'music':

★ Block Entertainment, a record label

★ Blocks Recording Club, a record label
'Block' may also refer to:

★ A way of controlling train movement in railway signalling

★ Postage stamp block, an attached group of postage stamps

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See also

★ Blocking