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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="glossentry-tar">
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| 4 | <title>TAR</title>
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| 5 | <body>
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| 6 | <section>
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| 7 | <p>
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| 8 | A widely used file format for archiving. Originally, this stood for Tape ARchive
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| 9 | and was already supported by very early UNIX versions for backing up data on
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| 10 | tape. The file format is still widely used today. For example, with OVF archives
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| 11 | using an <codeph>.ova</codeph> file extension.
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| 12 | See <xref href="ovf.dita"/>.
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| 13 | </p>
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| 14 | </section>
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| 15 | </body>
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| 16 | </topic>
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