'blob' in its modern specialized sense also appears as the computing acronym 'BLOB' (Binary Large Object), coined in English in the late 20th century to name large binary data items.

'blob' was popularized in modern culture by the 1958 American film 'The Blob', which reinforced the image of an amorphous, engulfing mass; earlier uses in English already described drops or lumps.

Initially, 'blob' was an imitative word for a small drop or lump; over time it broadened to mean any amorphous mass and was later adopted as a computing term for large chunks of binary data.