Block
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Template:Selfref Template:Wiktionarypar Block may refer to:
- City block, the smallest area surrounded by streets
- Railways are divided into blocks guarded by combinations of signals, operating rules, and automatic-control devices so that at most one train may be in a block at any time
- An apartment block or "block of flats"
- A shaped piece of masonry, in the construction industry
- Engine block, the main part of an internal combustion engine
- Postage stamp block, an attached group of postage stamps
- Block (mathematics)
- Block (meteorology)
- Block (music), a separate complete unit that is primarily not developed but instead used in various combinations
- Block (programming), forms a subdivision of a program that serves to group related statements, delimit routines, specify storage allocation, delineate the applicability of labels, or segment parts of the program for other purposes
- In data storage either in primary or on secondary storage, grouped data can occur in units known as blocks or buffer. Compare block size (data storage and transmission).
- block (sailing), a pulley or a number of pulleys enclosed in sheaves so as to be fixed to the end of a line or to a spar or surface
- Block (telecommunications)
- block (toy), one of a set of wooden or plastic pieces of various shapes, used as a toy
- Block Arcade, Melbourne
- A numbered block in addresses, described in Address (geography)#Block numbers
- "█", written character
An obstruction, or the act of obstructing:
- block (basketball) occurs when a defensive player legally deflects a shot from an offensive player.
- blocking (American football) occurs when a player obstructs another player's path with his body
- blocking techniques, in the martial arts, techniques which prevent an attack from connecting with your body
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