Block

Block (Low German blok "wooden block, log") stands for:

• Notepad
• College notebook
• Boulder
• Volcanic block, angular rock fragments (pyroclasts) ejected from a volcano.
• Part of a metal blockchain
• Block (family name), see there also name carrier
• Block (sport), defensive techniques in sports
• Block (punishment), wooden frame with holes
• Block (shipping), rope housing with pulley
• Ingot casting, casting of metal ingots.
• Block station, as a short form, a railway signal box with a block attendant.
• Track block, principle for securing train movements on the open track

Mathematics, computer science:

• Block (graph theory), 2-fold connected subgraph
• in algebra a part of a block matrix
• Instruction block in computer science, see block structure
• Set of data (records), which is combined and stored in the EDP to a physical unit, see data set #blocking
• Ciphering unit for the material to be ciphered, see block ciphering
• Blocking (Internet), blocking (to block) an account in social media, see Twitter

structural:

• Block of houses, apartment block, building block or square
• Block 104 (Berlin), block of houses in Berlin-Kreuzberg
• Power plant unit, individual power plant functioning by itself
• Building in German concentration camps, see concentration camp barracks

political:

• Cold War military alliance
• Union of powerless parties next to a state-dominating party, see bloc party
• smallest unit of the political organization of the NSDAP, see block leader

Other:

• Block letters, see Majuscule
• Berthold Block (typeface), markup typeface developed in 1908
• in book production a form of adhesive binding
• Stamps, mostly issued as collector's items/special stamps, see stamp block
• Distribution system of the film industry, from which the term blockbuster originates, see block system
• Block teaching, form of teaching concentrated on a continuous period of time
• in chess an escape field adjustment, see chess composition #glossary
• Rope command while climbing, see list of climbing terms #B
• De Block, Belgian brewery
• The Block, conservative architects' association of the interwar period
• The Block (novel), novel by Jérôme Leroy
• German crime series Bella Block
• H&R Block is a large U.S. tax consulting firm...

Block is the name of the following geographical objects:

• Block (Neuwied), district of Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate

USA:

• Block Island, several islands
• Block Pond, lake in Pasco County, Florida
• Block Bayou, watercourse in Jefferson County, Texas.
• Block Canyon, watercourse in Lincoln County, New Mexico
• Block Hollow Creek, watercourse in Weld County, Colorado.
• Block House Creek, watercourse in Williamson County, Texas.
• Block Island Creek, stream in Charleston County, South Carolina.
• Block (Illinois), place in Champaign County
• Block (Kansas), place in Miami County
• Block (Tennessee), place in Campbell County
• Block City, town in Hawkins County, Tennessee
• Block Lead Diggings, Mine in Washington County, Missouri
• Block Mine, mine in Routt County, Colorado
• Block P Mine, mine in Judith Basin County, Montana

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