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block

In computing, a group of records treated as a complete unit for transfer to or from backing storage. For example, many disk drives transfer data in 512-byte blocks.



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The streets were very full that day, but we got on pretty well as far as the bottom of Cheapside, where there was a block for three or four minutes.
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context
There was an old barrel there, upside down, one side resting on a block of wood.
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On open ground, do not try to block the enemy's way.
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