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ine derives from the Latin linum, meaning flax plant from which linen is produced; at one time, a stretched linen thread was the most reliable way to determine a straight line.The word line can refer to:a "straight line", in the geometric sense; see line (mathematics).a length of rope.a queue area.a line of written, printed, or spoken text.a product line, in marketing.Science and technology:an obsolete unit of measurement, equal to one-twelfth or later one-tenth of an (imperial) inch.a circuit (or loop) in electrical engineering.a Powerline for electric power transmission.a telephone line.a measure of video display resolution or image resolution; see line (video).a program to emulate Linux on Microsoft Windows in the manner of WINE — see LINE.an archaic name of the unit for magnetic flux, now named the maxwell.Lines (video game)."LINE-1" stands for "long interspersed nucleotide element-1", an abundant retrotransposon of the human genome.Military:the infantry, as in line infantry, since foot soldiers used to pitch their tents in the field in straight lines; hence nowadays "Borneo Lines", for instance, is the name of a barracks.the line of battle in naval warfare, hence "ship of the line".a shipping line is a company engaged in sea transport, (from which comes the term Ocean liner).a line may refer to lineage in genealogy or evolution.Sport:in cricket, the direction of a delivery; see line and length.in American football, the offensive line (O-Line) or defensive line (D-Line)in ice hockey, the three forwards; a team's forwards are divided into lines (almost always grouped by ability) which change all at once ("line change") in lieu of individual substitutions. The "first line" starts the game and consists of the team's elite forwards."doing a line" may refer to snorting cocaine. See more at Wikipedia.org...

>For blocks on Wikipedia, please see Wikipedia:Blocking policy. The concept of a block as a group or a piece appears in various fields: The meaning in the physical world is any item with length, width, and height. It is often shaped like a rectangle, although it may be of any shape. Their shapes often are made to fit with other blocks making a new and larger shape.A city block is the smallest part of a town enclosed by streets.Railways are divided into blocks guarded by combinations of signals, operating rules, and automatic-control devices so that at most one train may be in a block at any timeA block can also mean an apartment block (Block of Flats in British English).In the construction (building) industry, a block comprises a shaped piece of masonry.An engine block is the main part of an internal combustion engine that has the cylinders machined into it and holds the camshaft and crankshaft and most other engine parts. See short block and long block.In philately, a postage stamp block is an attached group of postage stamps.A block (music) is a separate complete unit that is primarily not developed but instead used in various combinations, these may be contrasted or transformed, and each block may be broken into parts and developed independently.In programming languages, a block (programming) forms a subdivision of a program that serves to group related statements, delimit routines, specify storage allocation, delineate the applicability of labels, or segment parts of the program for other purposes.In data storage, either in primary or on secondary storage, grouped data can occur in units known as blocks or buffer. Compare block size (data storage and transmission). In sailing, a block is a pulley or a number of pulleys enclosed in sheaves so as to be fixed to the end of a line or to a spar or surface. See more at Wikipedia.org...