Blocking

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Blocking may refer to:

Video Blocking

Telecommunications and computing

• Blocking (computing), holding up a task until an event occurs
• Blocking probability for calls in a telecommunications system
• Head-of-line blocking in some network switching fabrics
• Internet blocking, see Block (Internet)

Maps Blocking

Theatre and film

• Blocking (stage), the movement and positioning of actors on the stage (and in film, within the frame)
• Blocking (animation)

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Sport

• Blocking (American football), the legal interference with another player's motion
• Blocking (martial arts), a defensive technique in martial arts

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Behaviour

• Thought blocking, a type of thought disorder
• Blocking effect, in psychology

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Other

• Blocking (linguistics), where the existence of a competing form blocks the application of a morphological process
• Blocking (textile arts), the process of stretching a knitted garment into shape while wet or using steam
• Blocking (transport), the process of dividing a transit schedule into parts that can be operated by a single vehicle.
• Blocking (statistics), in the design of experiments, the arranging of experimental units in groups (blocks) which are similar to one another
• Blocking, a process to prevent unwanted binding of antibody to the membrane in the western blot technique
• Blocking (construction), horizontal boards placed between wall studs to facilitate hardware attachment
• Atmospheric blocking, large scale stationary pressure cells in meteorology

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See also

• Block (disambiguation)
• Non-blocking (disambiguation)

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