[coreboot] What do each of the letters B...? , L...? , O...? , B...? represent in the acronym BLOB ?

[Iru Cai]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_blob

The term *blob <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_large_object>* was
first used in database management systems
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_management_system> to describe a
collection of binary data <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_data>
stored as a single entity.

On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Don Saklad <dsaklad at gnu.org> wrote:

> What do each of the letters B...? , L...? , O...? , B...? represent in
> the acronym BLOB ?
>
>
>   Paul Menzel <paulepanter at users.sourceforge.net> writes:
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>   > Dear coreboot folks,
>   > I am looking for a new portable device available in Europe.
>   > Is it true, that the Acer Chromebook R 13 [1], is the only current BLOB
>   > free device? The device currently costs 400 €. Is MediaTek “a good
>   > citizen”, that means, do they provide datasheets and work on drivers?
>   > The Samsung Chromebook Plus/Pro with RK3399 [2] are only available in
>   > the USA, right?
>   > Thanks,
>   > Paul
>   > [1] https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/series/acerchromebookr13
>   > [2] https://chromeunboxed.com/samsung-chromebook-pros-
> processor-rk3399-gets-benchmarked-and-it-is-fast/
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