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

[John Lewis]

I'm surprised anyone answered - you would think someone at a gnu address
would already know what a BLOB is, and is therefore being rhetorical. :P


On 31/05/17 09:16, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote:
> *BLOB*: *B*inary *L*arge *OB*ject.
>
> Zoran
>
> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Don Saklad <dsaklad at gnu.org
> <mailto:dsaklad at gnu.org>> wrote:
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>     What do each of the letters B...? , L...? , O...? , B...? represent in
>     the acronym BLOB ?
>
>
>       Paul Menzel <paulepanter at users.sourceforge.net
>     <mailto: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
>     <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/
>     <https://chromeunboxed.com/samsung-chromebook-pros-processor-rk3399-gets-benchmarked-and-it-is-fast/>
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