Handling Large Blobs easy
What does the acronym BLOB stand for?
- A Basic Log Order Block
- B Base Level Object Byte
- C Binary Large Object
- D Big Large Object Bundle
Answer: C. Binary Large Object
It refers to a chunk of binary data (images, audio, multimedia) stored as a single entity in a database management system.
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