tarball
verbEtymology From tar + ball.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To archive into a tarball.
tarball
nounEtymology From tar + ball.
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A ball of tar or crude oil found on a beach.
- 1969, Hearings By United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary All of us who have been to the beaches this year have encountered tarballs that stick to our feet and mess up our rugs.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A file that is an archive of several other files, created using the Unix tar utility.