Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tarbomb

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tar-bomb
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Slang

Etymology

From tar + bomb.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

tarbombs (plural)

Questions

What does tarbomb mean?: 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.
Where does tarbomb come from?: From tar + bomb.

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