unblock

v 1: in card games: play the cards of (a suit) so that the last

trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a

higher card in the hand of a partner who has the

remaining cards of a combined holding

2: make available, as of assets; or free for sale or

publication [syn: {unfreeze}, {free}, {release}] [ant: {freeze},

{freeze}]

block

1. A unit of data or memory, often, but not

exclusively, on a {magnetic disk} or {magnetic tape}.

Compare {record}, {sector}.

2. To delay or sit idle while waiting for

something.

Compare {busy-wait}.

(2000-07-17)