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The tar command name is an abbreviation for Tape Archive.
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Is it true that the tar command name is an abbreviation for Tape Archive?
Yes. The tar command is indeed an abbreviation for 'tape archive', as confirmed by documentation explaining its origins in magnetic tape storage.
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Wikipedia: Tar (computing). (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(computing)
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Explicitly defines tar as (tape archive).
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Wikiversity: Wikiversity: IT Fundamentals/2014/Applications. (n.d.). Wikiversity. https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/IT_Fundamentals/2014/Applications
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