A tarball is a file that contains an archive of a directory or file(s) created by the command '''tar''' (which stands for tape archive).
It's commonly used in Unix-like systems and they are often compressed with [gzip] or [bzip2].

[[insert history and reason for the name "tarball"]

Related:
[tgz]
[tbz]
[bzip]

----
[Category Glossary]