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41Block-oriented terminal — A block oriented terminal is a type of computer terminal that communicates with its host in blocks of data, usually chunks of text, as opposed to a character oriented terminal that communicates with its host one character at a time. The IBM 3270… …
42block field — A thin accumulation of stone blocks, typically angular, with only rock fragments in the upper part, over solid or weathered bedrock, colluvium, or alluvium, without a cliff or ledge above as an apparent source. Block fields occur on high… …
43block level element — noun an HTML element that normally begins on a new line, and may or may not contain other block level elements or inline elements …
44block out — Synonyms and related words: adumbrate, block in, brief, carve, cast, chalk out, characterize, chisel, close, create, cut, delineate, detail, draft, efform, enumerate, fashion, figure, fix, forge, form, formalize, found, frame, hew, itemize, knead …
45block — A square or rectangular, sometimes an irregular, portion of a city or village which is enclosed by streets. Anno: 6 ALR 1167; the portion of a street, including both sides, measured from one intersecting street to the next intersecting street.… …
46line of shadows — Quadrat Quad rat, n. [F. quadrat, cadrat. See {Quadrate}.] 1. (Print.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, used in spacing and in blank lines. [Abbrev. quad.] [1913 Webster] 2. An old instrument used for taking altitudes; called also… …
47line control block — (LCB) A storage area containing control information required for managing and scheduling line operations …
48line turnaround — Action required in a communications system after receiving a data block to reverse the direction of transmission so that the receiving device can send data. Line turnaround time in a half duplex system is usually much longer than in a full… …
49line — /laɪn/ noun 1. a long mark printed or written on paper ● paper with thin blue lines ● I prefer notepaper without any lines. ● She drew a thick line before the column of figures. 2. a row of letters or figures on a page 3. a block of shares… …
50block-system — n. method of railway signalling by which one section of line never carries more than one train …
