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'''Block''' or '''blocked''' may refer to:
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==Arts, entertainment and media==
===Broadcasting===
* [[Block programming]], the result of a programming strategy in broadcasting
* [[W242BX]], a radio station licensed to Greenville, South Carolina, United States known as ''96.3 the Block ''
* [[WFNZ-FM]], a radio station licensed to Harrisburg, North Carolina, United States, branded as ''92.7 The Block''
* "Blocked", an episode of the television series ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]''

===Music===
* [[Block Entertainment]], a record label
* [[Blocks Recording Club]], a record label
* [[Woodblock (instrument)]], a small piece of slit drum made from one piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument
* "Blocks", by C418 from ''[[Music of Minecraft#Minecraft – Volume Beta|Minecraft – Volume Beta]]'', 2013

===Toys===
* [[Toy block]], one of a set of wooden or plastic pieces, of various shapes
* [[Unit block]], a type of standardized wooden toy block for children

===Video games===
* [[Blocked (video game)]], a puzzle game for the iPhone and iPod Touch

==Building and construction==
* [[Concrete block]], cinder block or cement block, a concrete masonry unit for building
* [[Compressed earth block]], a building block or unit for construction
* [[Glass brick]], also known as glass block
* [[Tower block]], a high-rise building

==Land subdivisions==
* [[Block (district subdivision)]], administrative region in some South Asian countries
* [[Block (rural Australia)]], a small agricultural landholding
* [[City block]], the smallest area that is surrounded by streets

==Places==
===United States===
* [[Block, Illinois]], an unincorporated community
* [[Block, Kansas]], an unincorporated community
* [[Block, Tennessee]], an unincorporated community
* [[Block Island]], an island in the state of Rhode Island

==Science and technology==
* [[Block (periodic table)]], a set of adjacent groups in the periodic table
* [[Block (meteorology)]], large-scale patterns in the atmospheric pressure field
* [[Fault block]], a geologic zone or geologic province
* [[Block, Inc.]], an American technology company formerly known as Square 

===Computing===
* [[Blockchain]], a segment of an open list of data records
* [[Block (data storage)]], the practice of storing electronic data in equally sized units
* [[Block (Internet)]], technical measures to restrict users' access to certain internet resources
** Blocking access to certain websites is one form of [[internet censorship]] 
* Block or [[subnet]] of the Internet, a subset of the internet in a set of contiguous IP addresses
* [[Block (programming)]], a group of declarations and statements treated as a unit
* [[Block (telecommunications)]], a unit of data transmission
* [[Block artifact]], a type of distortion in a compressed image
* [[Block-level element]], in the HTML markup language
* [[Blocks (C language extension)]], an extension to the C programming language designed to support parallel programming
* [[Unicode block]], a named range of codepoints in Unicode
** [[Block Elements]], a Unicode block of block-shaped characters

===Engineering===
* [[Engine block]] and cylinder block, the main part of an internal combustion engine
* [[Block (sailing)]], a single or multiple pulley used on sailboats

===Medicine===
* [[Nerve block]], or regional nerve blockade, any deliberate interruption of signals traveling along a nerve, often for the purpose of pain relief
* [[Third-degree atrioventricular block]] (AV block), a medical condition

===Mathematics===
* [[Block (permutation group theory)]]
* Block, in [[modular representation theory]]
* Block, in graph theory, is a  [[biconnected component]], a maximal biconnected subgraph of a graph
* [[Aschbacher block]] of a finite group
* [[Block design]], a kind of set system in combinatorial mathematics
* [[Block matrix]]
* [[Block of a ring]], a centrally primitive idempotent or the ideal it generates

==Sports==
* Block, a defensive shot in [[Glossary of pickleball#B|pickleball]]
* [[Block (basketball)]], when a defensive player legally deflects a shot
* [[Block (cricket)]], when a batsman deflects the ball to avoid getting out
* [[Blocking (American football)]]
* [[Blocking (martial arts)]]
* [[Starting blocks]], devices used by sprinters to assist in preventing their feet from slipping as they break into a run
* [[The Block (basketball)]], a defensive play in game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals

==Transportation==
* [[Block number]], a system to differentiate between groups of aircraft of the same type with minor variants
* [[Signalling block system]], a way of controlling train movement
* [[Blocking (transport)]], a way to assign public transport vehicles on a schedule.

==People==
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* [[Block (musician)]] (Jamie Block), an anti-folk musician based in New York, US

==Other uses==
* [[Block letters]] (also known as printscript, manuscript, print writing, or ball and stick in academics), a sans-serif (or "Gothic") style of writing
* [[Block party]] (also known as street party), a community social event
* [[Block scheduling]], a type of academic scheduling
* [[Hat block]], or block shaper, a wooden block carved into the shape of a hat by a craftsman
* [[Postage stamp block]], an attached group of postage stamps

==See also==
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* [[Block House (disambiguation)]]
* [[Block Party (disambiguation)]]
* [[The Block (disambiguation)]]
* [[Blockbuster (disambiguation)]]
* [[Blockhead (disambiguation)]]
* [[Bloc (disambiguation)]]
* [[Blockade (disambiguation)]]
* [[Blockbuster (disambiguation)]]
* [[Blocker (disambiguation)]]
* [[Blocking (disambiguation)]]
* [[Blocky (disambiguation)]]

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