ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tarbomb

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Tarbomb is a noun meaning (computing, 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.

Meaning

(computing, 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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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tarball, tarfile, forkbomb, tombstone, turboload, bundle.

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