macroblock
nounEtymology From macro- + block.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Signal processing A block of adjacent pixels, typically a rectangular 16×16 block
Video compression
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Archaeology, History, Human sciences, Sciences An area of a dig where there are multiple adjacent block excavations
- In 1975 the macroblock area was stepped back so that a smaller block excavation could extend below Horizon 8.2003, David L. Carlson, “Figuring Out "What Happened in the Middle Archaic?"”, in Theory, Method, and Practice in Modern Archaeology, →ISBN, page 78:
- Derived terms
- macroblocking, submacroblock
- Related terms
- microblock