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.

Derived terms

• deblocker

Anagrams

• bedlock, blocked