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tar pit
Tar pits, sometimes referred to as asphalt pits, are large Bitumen, asphalt deposits. They form in the presence of petroleum, which is created when decayed organic matter is subjected to pressure underground. If this crude oil seeps upward via ...
is a geological occurrence where subterranean bitumen leaks to the surface, creating a large puddle, pit, or lake of asphalt.
Tarpit may also refer to:
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"Tar Pit" (''Land of the Lost''), an episode of the 1974 series ''Land of the Lost''
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Tar Pit (comics)
Tar Pit (Joseph "Joey" V. Monteleone) is a supervillain in the DC Comics universe, primarily as an enemy of the Flash (Wally West). Created by Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins, the character first appeared in ''The Flash (comic book), The Flash'' (vol. ...
, a fictional supervillain in DC Comics
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Tarpit (networking)
A tarpit is a service on a computer system (usually a server) that purposely delays incoming connections. The technique was developed as a defense against spam and computer worms. The idea is that network abuses such as spamming or broad scannin ...
, information security and anti-spam techniques in networking
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Turing tarpit
A Turing tarpit (or Turing tar-pit) is any programming language or computer interface that allows for flexibility in function but is difficult to learn and use because it offers little or no support for common tasks. The phrase was coined in 198 ...
, a type of programming language
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