Glossary Entry: Tarball
Definition
A tarball is an archive file with the extension .tar or .tar.gz . They were created using a utility called tar, hence the nickname.
Like the tar utility itself, these are more commonplace on Linux systems, so people using other operating systems will likely need to install something in order to use them.
Like the tar utility itself, these are more commonplace on Linux systems, so people using other operating systems will likely need to install something in order to use them.
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