block

(definition)

Definition: (1) A number of items which are handled together for efficiency. (2) A sequence of don't care symbols.

Note: (2) From Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, page 13-17, Copyright © 1999 by CRC Press LLC. Appearing in the Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Copyright © 2000 CRC Press LLC.

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Paul E. Black and Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, CRC Press LLC, 1999, "block", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed., U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/block.html