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.

Tarbomb

noun, slang

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Noun

1
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.

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working directory

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