tarbomb

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

tar +‎ bomb

Noun[edit]

tarbomb (plural tarbombs)

  1. (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.