binary blob

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|programming|often|derogatory}} A piece of [[software#Noun|software]] which is only available as a [[binary file#Noun|binary file]] (as opposed to being [[open-source#Adjective|open-source]]), thus making the program very difficult to audit or modify.

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.