A BLOB is a collection of binary data stored as a single entity in a database management system.
A BLOB (binary large object, basic large object, BLOB, or BLOb) is a collection of binary data stored as a single entity in a database management system. Blobs are typically images, audio or other multimedia objects, though sometimes binary executable code is stored as a blob.
Beyond that, the term BLOB has various slightly related usages, see wikipedia for further examples.