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Tarsnap is a secure online backup service for UNIX-like operating systems, including BSD, Linux, and OS X. It was created in 2008 by Colin Percival. Tarsnap encrypts data, and then stores it on Amazon S3.
The analysis highlights Service and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Tarsnap.
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The extracted context around Tarsnap shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Tarsnap → January 2016 Another extracted example is Tarsnap → Colin Percival. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 15 structured relationships around Tarsnap. Examples in this analysis include Tarsnap → As of → January 2016 and Tarsnap → Developer → Colin Percival. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarsnap | As of | January 2016 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tarsnap | Developer | Colin Percival | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tarsnap | License | Proprietary | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tarsnap | Operating system | Unix-like | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tarsnap | Original author | Colin Percival | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tarsnap | Platform | Cross-platform | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tarsnap | Release | 25 April 2008; 18 years ago (2008-04-25) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tarsnap | Repository | github.com/Tarsnap/tarsnap | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tarsnap | Size | 763.9 kB | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tarsnap | Stable release | 1.0.41 / 21 March 2025; 17 months ago (2025-03-21) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tarsnap | Type | Online backup service | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tarsnap | Website | www.tarsnap.com | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tarsnap | Written in | C | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tarsnap | is a | secure online backup service for UNIX-like operating systems | 0.90 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around Tarsnap bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Data, Operating and Unix-like. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Tarsnap, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Tarsnap with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Tarsnap to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Service & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Tarsnap · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout