deblock

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ block.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /diːˈblɒk/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Verb

deblock (third-person singular simple present deblocks, present participle deblocking, simple past and past participle deblocked)

  1. (transitive) To unblock; remove a blockage from.
  2. (transitive, computing) To separate the logical records that have been combined into a physical block for storage.
  3. (transitive, computing) To process (digital video) so as to remove block-shaped artifacts of encoding.

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