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Isn't "archive" embedded in "tar" already? In other words, is this like saying one went to the "ATM machine"?


Redundancy in natural language isn't a big deal, and it isn't entirely useless, either.


Ok, insofar as saying "tape archive archive" out loud doesn't sound odd to you, keep doing it I suppose.




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