Definition of Blocking. Meaning of Blocking. Synonyms of Blocking

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Definition of Blocking

Blocking
Block Block, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Blocking.] [Cf. F. bloquer, fr. bloc block. See Block, n.] 1. To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor. With moles . . . would block the port. --Rowe. A city . . . besieged and blocked about. --Milton. 2. To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each. 3. To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat. To block out, to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out; as, to block out a plan.
Blocking
Blocking Block"ing, n. 1. The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks. 2. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.

Meaning of Blocking from wikipedia

- Look up blocking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blocking may refer to: Blacklist (computing) Blocking (computing), holding up a task until an event...
- Ad blocking or ad filtering is a software capability for blocking or altering online advertising in a web browser, an application or a network. This may...
- Different artistic principles can inform blocking, including minimalism and naturalism. Both "blocking" and "block" were applied to stage and theater from...
- address blocking or IP banning is a configuration of a network service that blocks requests from hosts with certain IP addresses. IP address blocking is commonly...
- to fire/Oilers defend cut-blocking tactics". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-01-28. "Falcons game rekindles cut blocking debate". Tribune-Review. October...
- Call blocking, also known as call block, call screening, or call rejection, allows a telephone subscriber to block incoming calls from specific telephone...
- copyright and licensing reasons. There are other uses for geo-blocking, such as blocking malicious traffic or to enforce price discrimination, location-aware...
- Neuromuscular-blocking drugs, or Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), block transmission at the neuromuscular junction, causing paralysis of the affected...
- algorithms provide a useful alternative to traditional blocking implementations. A non-blocking algorithm is lock-free if there is guaranteed system-wide...
- Barrier troops, blocking units, or anti-retreat forces are military units that are located in the rear or on the front line (behind the main forces) to...