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Tarball
Meaning
Noun
●
A
ball
of
tar
or
crude oil
found on
a beach.
●
In Computing:
A
file
that is an
archive
of several other
files
,
created
using the Unix
tar
utility.
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Origin
tarball
English
ball
English
bal
Middle English (1100-1500)
tar
English
terr
Middle English (1100-1500)
teoru
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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