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{{distinguish|Binary large object{{!}}Binary large object (BLOB)}}

In the context of [[free and open-source software]], [[proprietary software]] only available as a [[executable|binary executable]] is referred to as a '''blob''' or '''binary blob'''. The term usually refers to a [[device driver]] [[Loadable kernel module|module]] [[Linker (computing)|loaded]] into the [[Kernel (computeroperating sciencesystem)|kernel]] of an open-source [[operating system]], and is sometimes also applied to code running outside the kernel, such as system [[firmware]] images, [[microcode]] updates, or [[User space and kernel space|userland]] programs.<ref>{{cite web

| url = https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE1NDc

| title = Coreboot: Replacing Intel's Binary Video BIOS Blob