:For blocks on Wikipedia, please see Blocking policy .The concept of a block as a group or a piece appears in various fields:
- The meaning in the physical world is any item with length, width, and height. It is often shaped like a rectagle, although it may be of any shape. Their shapes often are made to fit with other blocks making a new and larger shape.
- A city block is the smallest part of a town enclosed by streets.
- Railway 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
- A block can also mean an apartment block (Block of Flats in British English).
- In the construction (building) industry, a block comprises a shaped piece of masonry.
- In philately, a postage stamp block is an attached group of postage stamps.
- A block (music) is a separate complete unit that is primarily not developed but instead used in various combinations, these may be contrasted or transformed, and each block may be broken into parts and developed independently.
- In programming languages, a block (progamming) 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 bufferBuffer can have various meanings: In chemistry, the term buffer refers to a buffer solution, usually used to stabilize the acidity ( pH) of a liquid. In computing a buffer is a portion of memory set aside to store data, often before it is sent to an exter. Compare block size (data storage and transmission)In computing (specifically data transmission and data storage), block size indicates a nominal size, usually expressed in bytes or bits, of a block of data. Data thus structured is said to be blocked''. The process of putting data into blocks is called bl.
- The word in also used in the martial arts to refer to techniques which prevent an attack from connecting with your body (see blocking techniquesA block is a technique in martial arts that prevents an attack from making contact with your body. In Japanese these techniques are referred to as uke waza''. Examples in Shotokan Karate include age uke (or "rising block") and shuto uke (or "knife-hand bl)
- In basketballBasketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing the ball through a basket. Basketball is highly suited to viewing by spectators, as it is primarily an indoor sport, played in a relatively small playing ar, a block occurs when a defensiveIn sport, defense ( American English) and defence ( British English and Canadian English) is the action of preventing an opponent from scoring. The term may also refer to the tactics involved in defense, or a sub-team whose primary responsibility is defen playerA player of a game is a participant therein. Normally, there are at least two players in a game, but one-player games exist and are collectively known as solitaire games. What is a player? Players may compete individually, or in aggregates known as teams legally deflects a shot from an offensiveIn law, an offense is a violation of the penal law. In sports, offense is a general term for any situation in which a participant, or team thereof, is in a position to score. To take offense is to raise an objection to something's content. See also crime player.
- In sailing, a block is 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.
