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• Superblock (city planning), a city block that is much larger than usual. Superblock (University of Minnesota), a part of the Health area on the East Bank of the Minneapolis campus in the United States. Superblock, a large area that once existed after city changes in the city layout of Huntington, West Virginia, United States.

Urban planning

  • Superblock (city planning), a city block that is much larger than usual. Superblock (University of Minnesota), a part of the Health area on the East Bank of the Minneapolis campus in the United States. Superblock, a large area that once existed after city changes in the city layout of Huntington, West Virginia, United States.
  • The Barcelona superblocks, a method to promote walking, biking, and bus travel instead of using private cars for short trips. See Barcelona's superilles in City block.

Computing

  • Superblock (file system): A section of a computer's file system that contains important information about how the file system is organized, similar to the Unix File System
  • Superblock, in the density matrix renormalization group method: A concept used in scientific calculations to help manage complex data structures
  • Superblock algorithm, in the pairwise summation method: A technique used in mathematical calculations to efficiently add large sets of numbers
  • Superblock, of pixels: A group of pixels used in video compression formats like AV1 or VP9 to help reduce file size
  • Superblocks, of memory: Segments of memory managed by the Hoard C system, which helps computers allocate and use memory efficiently

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