A viscous, sticky substance obtained from the distillation of wood, coal, or peat; used for waterproofing.
Dark brown or black viscous liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of coal, shale, and wood. Tars consist of a mixture of hydrocarbons, acids, and bases. Creosote and paraffin are produced from wood tar. See also coal tar.
1. Smolasta gusta tečnost koja se dobija suvom destilacijom drveta i drugih materija;
2. Mast za kolske točkove;
3. Kuvana borova smola, ter. (tur.)
Član brodske posade, pomorac.
Acronym for tape archive. A UNIX utility for making a single file out of a set of files that a user wishes to store together. The resulting file has the extension .tar. Unlike PKZIP, tar does not compress files, so compress or gzip is usually run on the .tar file to produce a file with extensions .tar.gz or .tar.Z. See also compress1, gzip, PKZIP. Compare untar1.
Program za pravljenje rezervnih kopija i arhiviranje koji se koristi na Juniks računarima. Osim kopiranja datoteka, tar može da se koristi i da se zajedno zapakuju gomile datoteka, kojima se zatim prilepi oznaka tipa TAR. Raspakivanje datoteka dovodi većinu ljudi do ludila.
Sinonimi: asphalt
1. To coat with tar, as of roofs.
2. To cover with tar or asphalt, of roads; SYN. asphalt.