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{{Short description|Package format for interactive fiction games}} {{refimprove|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox file format | name = Blorb | extension = .blorb, .blb, .gblorb, .glb, .zblorb, .zlb | mime = application/x-blorb | owner = [[Andrew Plotkin]] | creatorcode = | genre = [[Package management system|Package format]] | container for = [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]], [[JPEG]], [[Audio Interchange File Format|AIFF]], [[MOD (file format)|MOD]] | contained by = | extended from = [[Interchange File Format]] | extended to = IFRS }} '''Blorb''' is a [[Package management system|package format]] for [[interactive fiction]] games. Many such games incorporate resources such as [[sound effect]]s, music, or pictures. Blorb's purpose is to bind these together into one file. The format was devised by [[Andrew Plotkin]] and is used in both the [[Z-machine]] and [[Glulx]] [[virtual machine]]s, as well as by the [[Glk (software)|Glk]] library.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Blorb Resources Format |url=http://www.inform-fiction.org/zmachine/standards/blorb/ |website=Inform Fiction |accessdate=11 February 2019}}</ref>
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