Tarball
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tarball is a noun meaning A ball of tar or crude oil found on a beach.
Meaning
A ball of tar or crude oil found on a beach.
More Meanings
- (computing) A file that is an archive of several other files, created using the Unix tar utility.
- (transitive, computing) To archive into a tarball.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- tarballs
- tarballing
- tarballed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tarre, pitch, tarbrush, tarpit, sandball, goudron.
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