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1. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) |
tar and feather
vi.
[from Unix tar(1)] To create a transportable archive from a group of files
by first sticking them together with tar(1) (the Tape ARchiver) and then
compressing the result (see compress). The latter action is dubbed
feathering partly for euphony and (if only for contrived effect) by analogy
to what you do with an airplane propeller to decrease wind resistance, or
with an oar to reduce water resistance; smaller files, after all, slip
through comm links more easily. Compare the more common tarball. Earlier,
the phrase referred to a punishment in which the victims had tar being
poured upon them and then, whilst the tar was still sticky, having a pillow
full of feathers - or other material ? thrown at them. See http://
www.nwta.com/Spy/spring99/tar.html.
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2. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
tar and feather
(A sick contrivance from the Unix tar command and
the Ku Klux Klan torture method) To create a transportable
archive from a group of files by first sticking them together
with tar (the Tape ARchiver) and then compressing the
result. The latter action is dubbed "feathering" (purely for
contrived effect) by analogy to what you do with an aeroplane
propeller to decrease wind resistance, or with an oar to
reduce water resistance; smaller files, after all, slip
through comm links more easily.
[Jargon File]
(1997-05-26)
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