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uncrunch en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + crunch.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To decompress.
   • Thus when you invoke the crunched version of emacs, for instance, it actually loads the uncruncher, which then loads and uncrunches the rest of emacs. 1989, Ranjit Bhatnagar, “Saving Disk Space (was Re: Relying on ARP)”, in comp.sys.amiga (Usenet):
   • Presumably, having uncrunched the data from the compressed archive, it's faster to reload the uncrunched version if it's needed again. 2002, Mark Blunden, “Temple District”, in alt.games.baldurs-gate (Usenet):
   • Load (but do not run) the BASIC program you want to uncrunch. 1986, Compute: Volume 8:

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