Definitions

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  • noun A ball of tar or crude oil found on a beach
  • noun computing A file that is an archive of several other files created using the Unix β€œtar” utility.

Etymologies

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tar +β€Ž ball

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Examples

  • A tar file, which is sometimes called a tarball, is a compressed file.

    cryptogon.com 2009

  • Linux needs to realise that the public donot want to learn a languge more complicated than Icelandic just to make their PC work, They want to go to sites to download Apps just like they can in Windows and I mean real apps not some "tarball" you have to spend three hours figuring out how to unlock

    LXer Linux News 2010

  • "tarball" but they have been proven over and over to come from naturally occurring oil seeps.

    Latest Articles voanews 2009

  • "tarball" but they have been proven over and over to come from naturally occurring oil seeps.

    Latest Articles voanews 2009

  • Can I download somewhere tarball without using launchpad, ppa and bzr?

    Acire Hacking | jonobacon@home 2010

  • Extract the downloaded tarball and choose your preferred coloured icon

    OMG! Replacement coloured indicator message alert icons for Lucid 2010

  • Instead, designate the virtual machine as the default application delivery mechanism rather than a Windows installer or a tarball.

    Five-year plan: 8 problems IT must solve Paul Venezia 2010

  • However, in a rather awesome stroke the developer does provide. psd's for various icons and logos within the Buzzbird. tarball allowing any budding designer to step up to the plate and beautify this impressively promising application.

    Archive 2010-01-01 2010

  • I made several trips to the gulf this summer, starting before the oil had even reached land (I wrapped up the first tarball I saw in a piece of notebook paper, as evidence I'd actually seen it).

    Six months after the Deepwater Horizon Spill David A. Fahrenthold 2010

  • Extract the downloaded tarball and choose your preferred coloured icon

    Archive 2010-03-01 2010

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  • Wow. Just found out those little things on the beach are remnants of oil spills. NOAA article here.

    April 29, 2010

  • the 'tar' side of tarball for the unix definition comes from Tape ARchive

    September 14, 2013