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A binary large object is a backronym for a segment of bytes treated as opaque by the information system.

A blob (binary large object) is a segment of arbitrary bytes. A blob with a name (and some other rudimentary metadata, like modification time) is a file.

blob

blobs

content-addressable store

file

opaque

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