tar实用程序将您的文件完整地记录到磁带中，tar是磁带存档程序(tape archiver)的首字母缩写。
The tar utility records your files verbatim on tape — tar is definitely an acronym for tape archiver.
早在1966年，随着计算机化的文字处理机(I.B.M.磁带式自动打印机)的出现，秘书们就开始担心机器会代替他们，他们不再需要因为漏打一个字母而重新再打一页。
As early as 1966, with the introduction of the first computerized word-processing system (I.B.M.’s Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter), secretaries were worrying that machines could replace them.
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