Comment Comment by aleph_minus_one > FWIW "blob" isn't an acronym.As far as I am aware, BLOB is an acronym for "Binary Large Object" [1], but it is part of the pun that, as you wrote, a blob is (also) an amorphous ball of goop.[1] At least according to the German Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_Large_Object parent aleph_minus_one 1 year ago
As far as I am aware, BLOB is an acronym for "Binary Large Object" [1], but it is part of the pun that, as you wrote, a blob is (also) an amorphous ball of goop.
[1] At least according to the German Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_Large_Object