<div dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_blob">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_blob</a><br><br>The term <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_large_object" title="Binary large object">blob</a></i> was first used in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_management_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Database management system">database management systems</a> to describe a collection of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_data" title="Binary data">binary data</a> stored as a single entity.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Don Saklad <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dsaklad@gnu.org" target="_blank">dsaklad@gnu.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">What do each of the letters B...? , L...? , O...? , B...? represent in<br>
the acronym BLOB ?<br>
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  Paul Menzel <<a href="mailto:paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net">paulepanter@users.<wbr>sourceforge.net</a>> writes:<br>
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  > Dear coreboot folks,<br>
  > I am looking for a new portable device available in Europe.<br>
  > Is it true, that the Acer Chromebook R 13 [1], is the only current BLOB<br>
  > free device? The device currently costs 400 €. Is MediaTek “a good<br>
  > citizen”, that means, do they provide datasheets and work on drivers?<br>
  > The Samsung Chromebook Plus/Pro with RK3399 [2] are only available in<br>
  > the USA, right?<br>
  > Thanks,<br>
  > Paul<br>
  > [1] <a href="https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/series/acerchromebookr13" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/<wbr>content/series/<wbr>acerchromebookr13</a><br>
  > [2] <a href="https://chromeunboxed.com/samsung-chromebook-pros-processor-rk3399-gets-benchmarked-and-it-is-fast/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://chromeunboxed.com/<wbr>samsung-chromebook-pros-<wbr>processor-rk3399-gets-<wbr>benchmarked-and-it-is-fast/</a><br>
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