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datablock

datablock noun: a block of data.

Noun

datablock (plural datablocks)

  1. A block of data.
    • [H]ow do we get the final assembly that constitutes the full object? That is done by allowing each type of datablock to reference some other types; for the simple object that we are considering, the datablock of Object type can reference one datablock of Mesh type, the Mesh datablock itself can...2011 June, John E. Herreño, Blender 2.5 Hotshot: Challenging and Fun Projects That Will Push Your Blender Skills to the Limit, Birmingham: Packt Publishing, →ISBN, page 166
    • But I bet you that you don’t have those datablocks to decode that information, do you?2015, Steve Wheeler, Onyx Javelin (A Fury of Aces; 3), Sydney, N.S.W.: HarperVoyager, →ISBN, page 284

Forms of datablock

pluraldatablocks

Origin of datablock

From data + block.

Questions about datablock

What does datablock mean?
Datablock means a block of data.
What part of speech is datablock?
Datablock is a noun.
What is the plural of datablock?
The plural of datablock is datablocks.

Words near datablock in the dictionary

  1. databending
  2. databends
  3. databent
  4. datable
  5. datableness
  6. datablock
  7. datablocks
  8. databook
  9. databooks
  10. databox
  11. databoxes

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