Gzip vs. Tar

Gzipverb

To compress using the gzip program.

Gzip

gzip is a file format and a software application used for file compression and decompression. The program was created by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler as a free software replacement for the compress program used in early Unix systems, and intended for use by GNU (the is from ).

Tarnoun

(uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.

Tarnoun

Coal tar.

Tarnoun

(uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.

Tarnoun

A sailor, because of their tarpaulin clothes. Also Jack Tar.

Tarnoun

Black tar, a form of heroin.

Tarnoun

(computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix.

Tarnoun

(computing) A file produced by such a program.

Tarnoun

A Persian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.

Tarnoun

A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.

Tarverb

(transitive) To coat with tar.

Tarverb

(transitive) To besmirch.

Tarverb

To create a tar archive.

Tarnoun

A sailor; a seaman.

Tarnoun

A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it.

Tarverb

To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.

Tarnoun

any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

Tarnoun

a man who serves as a sailor

Tarverb

coat with tar;

Tarnoun

a dark, thick flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons, resins, alcohols, and other compounds. It is used in road-making and for coating and preserving timber.

Tarnoun

a substance resembling tar, formed by burning tobacco or other material

Tarnoun

a sailor.

Tarverb

cover (something) with tar

Tar

Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from coal, wood, petroleum, or peat.Mineral products resembling tar can be produced from fossil hydrocarbons, such as petroleum.