Block

Block may refer to:

Land subdivisions

Block (rural Australia), a small agricultural landholding
Block (district subdivision), administrative region in some South Asian countries
City block, the smallest area that is surrounded by streets
License block, a geographically defined area for the purpose of the extraction of natural resources

Block programming, the result of a programming strategy in broadcasting
W242BX, a radio station licensed to Greenville, South Carolina, United States known as 96.3 the Block
WQNC, a radio station licensed to Harrisburg, North Carolina, United States known as 92.7 the Block

Block (musician), also known as Jamie Block, a New York City–based anti-folk musician
Block Entertainment, a record label
Blocks Recording Club, a record label
Wood block, a small piece of slit drum made from a single piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument

A large concrete masonry unit, or cement block, for building
Compressed earth block, also for building
Block (sailing), a single or multiple pulley used on sailboats
Cylinder block, the main part of an internal combustion engine
Block heater, a means of pre-heating an engine to facilitate starting
Hat block, a wooden block carved into the shape of a hat by a craftsman known as a block shaper
Postage stamp block, an attached group of postage stamps
Toy block, one of a set of wooden or plastic pieces of various shapes
Unit block, a type of standardized wooden toy block for children
Wood block, a small piece of slit drum made from a single piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument
Tower block, a high rise multi-unit building

Block, Tennessee, an unincorporated community and coal town in Campbell County, Tennessee, USA
Block Island, Rhode Island

Block (basketball), when a defensive player legally deflects a shot
The Block (basketball), a defensive play in game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals
Starting blocks, devices used by sprinters to assist in preventing their feet from slipping as they break into a run
Blocking (martial arts)

The presence of a block artifact in compressed images
Block (data storage), the practice of storing electronic data in equally sized units
Block (Internet), technical measures to restrict users' access to certain internet resources
Block (programming), a group of declarations and statements treated as a unit
Block (telecommunications), a unit of data transmission
Block Elements, a Unicode block of block-shaped characters
Block-level element in the HTML markup language
Block Number (aircraft), a method of differentiating between groups of aircraft of the same type that have minor modifications
Blocks (C language extension), an extension to the C programming language designed to support parallel programming
Unicode block, a named range of codepoints in Unicode

Adriaen Block (1567–1627), Dutch trader and navigator
Francesca Lia Block (born 1962), American writer
Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock, American political cartoonist
Ken Block (born 1967), American professional rally driver
Lawrence Block (born 1938), American crime writer
Malú Block (1904–1989), born María Luisa Cabrera, Mexican artist
Mark Block, American political strategist
Ned Block (born 1942), American philosopher
Paul Block (newspaper publisher) (1877 - 1941), American newspaper publisher
Stephanie J. Block (born 1972), American actress and singer
Walter Block (born 1941), American economist, author