Comment by bogeholm
2 months ago
Wikipedia lists exactly the two cases you mention [0]:
> > Not to be confused with Binary large object (BLOB).
> In the context of free and open-source software, proprietary software only available as a binary executable is referred to as a blob or binary blob.
I hadn't read that page, but now I do I note that it says:
"The term blob was first used in database management systems to describe a collection of binary data stored as a single entity."
So I guess I'm not any clearer on this point.
edit: If I had to bet on it then I'd put money on the theory that "blob" became "BLOB" to sound more technical though...