decrunch
decrunch verb: to decompress (data) previously compressed by crunching.
Verb
decrunch (third-person singular simple present decrunches, present participle decrunching, simple past and past participle decrunched)
- To decompress (data) previously compressed by crunching.
- Several phone calls and a borrowed Mac later, I found that the single disk sent me wouldn't in any case decrunch (uncompress its data) without a sister disk — which had gone astray across the Atlantic. Such hitches are always irritating […]1993, The New York Times Book Review, volume 98, page 2
- The executable is still decrunched in memory, so it will _use_ some extra memory but _save_ disk space.1996, Marcus Alanen, “Re: Exe Crunchers”, in comp.sys.amiga.programmer (Usenet)
Forms of decrunch
| third-person singular present | decrunches |
|---|---|
| present participle | decrunching |
| past participle | decrunched |
| past | decrunched |
Origin of decrunch
From de- + crunch.
Words formed from decrunch
Questions about decrunch
- What does decrunch mean?
- Decrunch means to decompress (data) previously compressed by crunching.
- What part of speech is decrunch?
- Decrunch is a verb.
- What is the past tense of decrunch?
- The past tense of decrunch is decrunched.
Words near decrunch in the dictionary
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