From: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:47:07 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: future/software.tex: Add 'tarball' to the nomenclature
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future/software.tex: Add 'tarball' to the nomenclature

Additional software jargon.  Thanks Mom!
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diff --git a/src/future/software.tex b/src/future/software.tex
index a48f457..68ee628 100644
--- a/src/future/software.tex
+++ b/src/future/software.tex
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ molecule force spectroscopy.  All of the software in the
 stack---including the existing libraries and systems layer
 dependencies---is open source, so other labs are free to use, improve,
 and republish it as they see fit.
+%
+\nomenclature{tarball}{A single file containing a collection of files
+  and directories.  Created by
+  \href{http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/}{Tar}, tarballs were
+  originally used for tape archives (hence the name), but they are now
+  often used for distributing project source code.}
 
 As the body of existing science increases, new researchers must become
 at the same time more specialized and more interdisciplinary than