English Explanatory Dictionary

tarball

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A ball of tar or crude oil found on a beach.
  2. A file that is an archive of several other files, created using the Unix tar utility.
verb
  1. To archive into a tarball.

Word forms

tarball tarballs tarballing tarballed

Etymology

From tar + ball.

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