Block size can refer to:
- Block (data storage), the size of a block in data storage and file systems.
- Block size (cryptography), the minimal unit of data for block ciphers.
- Block size (mathematics)
Famous quotes containing the words block and/or size:
“Painting consumes labour not disproportionate to its effect; but a fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man. The value of statuary is owing to its difficulty. You would not value the finest head cut upon a carrot.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partizans, and the contention is ever hottest on minor matters.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)