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

[Alberto Bursi]

Binary large Object, but it seems like a backronym (someone tried to 
create an acronym with a word used already)

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


On 31/05/2017 09:57, Don Saklad wrote:
> What do each of the letters B...? , L...? , O...? , B...? represent in
> the acronym BLOB ?
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>    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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