tarbomb

noun

tarbomb

noun

Etymology From tar + bomb.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Slang A tarball (archive file) containing numerous files that are extracted into the working directory, potentially causing inconvenience by overwriting other files or mixing up files from different sources.

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