In computing, tar is a shell command for combining multiple computer files into a single archive file. It was originally developed for magnetic tape storage...
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Look up tar or TAR in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tar is a viscous organic black or dark brown liquid. Tar or TAR may also refer to: Tár, a 2022...
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Look up tarpit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A tar pit is a geological occurrence where subterranean bitumen leaks to the surface, creating a large...
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vehicle Polikarpov TB-2, Soviet bomber prototype .tb2, file suffix; see Tar (computing)#Suffixes for compressed files Tubular Bells II, a 1992 album by British...
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illness, alcoholism, drug exposure, chemical exposure (e.g., topical tar, computed tomography contrast material), and the sudden cessation of medication...
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Turing tarpit (redirect from Turing tar pit)
A Turing tarpit (or Turing tar-pit) is any programming language or computer interface that allows for flexibility in function but is difficult to learn...
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natively in the 7z and RAR formats, as well as indirectly in tar-based formats such as .tar.gz and .tar.bz2. By contrast, the ZIP format is not solid because...
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Arch Linux (redirect from .pkg.tar.xz)
packages with a .tar.zst extension (for zstd compression), with .pkg placed before this to indicate that it is a Pacman package (giving .pkg.tar.zst); though...
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Archive file (redirect from Archive (computing))
In computing, an archive file stores the content of one or more files, possibly compressed, with associated metadata such as file name, directory structure...
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The North Carolina Tar Heels college football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
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In computing, a file archiver is utility software that combines files into a single archive file – or in less common cases, multiple files. A minimally...
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Toast (section Computing and the Internet)
(Jamaican music), talking or chanting over a rhythm or beat by a deejay Toast (Tar album), 1993 Toast! (The Arrogant Worms album), 2004 Toasted (album), by...
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In computing, LBX, or Low Bandwidth X, is a protocol to use the X Window System over network links with low bandwidth and high latency. It was introduced...
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rar, lha and tar (both uncompressed and compressed with e.g. gzip, bzip2, lzip or xz). Ark uses libarchive and karchive to support tar-based archives...
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Unix time (category 1970 in computing)
Unix time is a date and time representation widely used in computing. It measures time by the number of non-leap seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00...
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"DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program Baseline Configuration". Baseline Configuration. DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program...
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In computing, Bash (short for "Bourne Again Shell") is an interactive command interpreter and command programming language developed for Unix-like operating...
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command-line tool (curl), which have been widely ported to different computing platforms. It was created by Daniel Stenberg, who is still the lead developer...
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README". Manchester Computing Centre, 2.0+. "Changelog". Manchester Computing Centre, 0.99p8. "Acknowledgements". Manchester Computing Centre, 0.99p8. "README...
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whether Smilodon was social or not. At one time, the La Brea tar pits consisted of deep tar in which animals became trapped. As they died, their calls attracted...
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Lloyd (Lloyd's of London) if the ships' hulls were covered in pitch and tar (which came from the colonies until the American War of Independence in 1776)...
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ZIP (file format) (redirect from Zipping (computing))
CT: WinZip Computing, S.L. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009. "What is a Zipx File?". Winzip: Knowledgebase. Mansfield, CT: WinZip Computing, S.L. 13 August...
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Tare weight (redirect from Tared)
deducted or rejected', from taraha 'to reject'. Tare weight can be useful in computing the cost of the goods carried for purposes of taxation or for tolls related...
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MIPS Technologies (redirect from Wave Computing)
Machine." February 8, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013. Computing, Wave (May 8, 2019). "Wave Computing® Appoints Industry Veteran Art Swift as CEO". GlobeNewswire...
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