Tar (disambiguation)

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Tar may refer to:

  • Tar, a viscous organic black liquid.
  • Tar (tobacco residue), the partially combusted particulate matter produced by smoking.
  • Tar (band), a 90s indie rock band.
  • Tar (drum), a drum from North Africa and the Middle East.
  • tar (file format), an archive file format (extension .tar) and related command line program name, the tape archiver.
  • Tar (lute), a lute of Persian origin used in Iran and the Caucasus.
  • Tar River, a river in North Carolina.
  • "Tar" or "Jack Tar" is a synonym for Sailor due to the coal tar that was used to waterproof wooden ships, and the fact sailors would be covered in it.
  • Black tar heroin, a cheap, unpurified form of heroin.


TAR can refer to:

  • TAR syndrome, Thrombocytopenia with Absent radius, a rare genetic disorder in which the radius bone is absent and blood clotting ability is greatly reduced.
  • IMI Tavor TAR-21, an Israeli assault rifle.
  • Technical Assessment Review, a review describing whether a (often industrial) project can be undertaken and under what conditions.
  • Teenage Republicans, high school members of the official arm of the U.S. Republican Party.
  • Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital or General Hospital, a government tertiary hospital in the royal town of Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • The Amazing Race, a reality television program.
  • IPCC Third Assessment Report, a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
  • Threshold AutoRegression, a nonlinear regime switching statistical model.
  • Tibet Autonomous Region, a region of China consisting of most of traditional Tibet.
  • Tissue to Air Ratio, used in radiation therapy treatment system calibration
  • Trans-acting responsive element, a region on viral mRNA which binds the transactivator tat.
  • Trans-Asian Railway, a UN project to create an integrated freight railway network across Europe and Asia.
  • Traumatic aortic rupture, an emergent injury in which the aorta is torn, usually after an impact.
  • Tunisair (ICAO: TAR), the flag carrier of Tunisia, an airline.
  • Tuanku Abdul Rahman, the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
  • Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first prime minister of Malaysia.