The word block comes from the West Germanic “block” from where it was taken by the French language as a block, and from there it passed into our language, with the meaning of a piece of trunk, going through the extension to designate any material or immaterial object, large , composed of many particles or elements united into a single whole; For example, ice block, cement block, earthen block, commercial stone (stone) block, etc.
The size of the blocks is variable, speaking of small, medium and large blocks.
Continuing in the field of construction, the word block is also used to designate a block or a construction of houses or apartments that share physical characteristics.
The concept of block also refers to an occasional grouping of organizations, countries or political parties that share certain objectives.
To increase their power, countries create blocs, joining others for political purposes: economic (such as MERCOSUR or the European Union), ideological (capitalist blocs, led by the United States, and communist blocs, under the Soviet Union, facing each other in the so-called “Cold War”) or bellicose, like NATO, to defend itself from possible Soviet attacks; or the Warsaw Pact formed by the States of Eastern Europe against the offensive for the creation of NATO.
On the other hand, in the political sphere, the bloc has a very recurrent use and is called a coalition, a circumstantial alliance of political groups. Even many of the groupings are called Block this or that. In this sense, it may appear called by the synonym of coalition.
Also in computing there is a padlock reference, since here it is called a set of characters that are treated as a unit and that are transferred from the main memory of a computer to a peripheral device, or vice versa.
In Mechanics, the word “block” is used to designate the piece of cast iron that is placed in internal combustion engines, where the body of the cylinder, cast iron or aluminum, is machined, and through which the cooling water circulates. .
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