Blip

Blip is an occasionally used term for a "dot" (what Blizzard calls it) on the mini-map representing something a player character is trying to track.

Types of blips:

for friendly players.

for neutral players (non-PvP flagged other faction too).

for hostile players.

for friendly NPCs.

for hostile NPCs.

for neutral NPCs.

for resource nodes, prior to patch 10.0.0.

for nodes in separate from character area (above/below).

Patch changes

• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Resource nodes now use their own icon instead of the blip.
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): for party members was replaced with class colored blips.
  
• Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): and added.