GLOB meaning: Pattern matching using wildcard characters

We found 32 dictionaries that define the word GLOB:

General (22 matching dictionaries)

glob: Merriam-Webster
glob: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
glob: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
glob: Collins English Dictionary
glob: Vocabulary.com
Glob, glob: Wordnik
glob: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
glob: Wiktionary
glob: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
glob: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
glob: Infoplease Dictionary
glob: Dictionary.com
glob: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Glob(), Glob (TV series), Glob (comics), Glob (programming), Glob (visual system), Glob, The Glob: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
glob: Rhymezone
glob: FreeDictionary.org
glob: Mnemonic Dictionary
glob: TheFreeDictionary.com
glob: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
glob: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)

glob-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

glob: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
glob: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

GLOB: Acronym Finder
AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)

Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

glob: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
G.L.O.B, Glob: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See globby as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky

Definitions from Wiktionary (glob)

▸ noun:  A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.
▸ noun:  (programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.
▸ noun:  (biology) A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway.
▸ verb:  To stick in globs or lumps.
▸ verb:  (programming) To carry out pattern matching using a glob.

Similar:

lump, clod, clump, ball, chunk, globosity, glop, globulus, globule, globus, more...

Opposite:

local, specific, individual, regional

Types:

black hole, nebula, galaxy, supernova, quasar, comet, asteroid, meteor, coma, planet, more...

Phrases:

Peter Glob, shaped like a glob, a glob of cells, more...

Adjectives:

big, large, huge, small, great, thick, little, white, sticky, red, green

Colors:

blue, green, teal, turquoise, aqua, more...