uncrunch

English

Etymology

un- +‎ crunch

Verb

uncrunch (third-person singular simple present uncrunches, present participle uncrunching, simple past and past participle uncrunched)

1. (computing, transitive) To decompress.
   • 1986, Compute: Volume 8:

     Load (but do not run) the BASIC program you want to uncrunch.

   • 1989, Ranjit Bhatnagar, “Saving Disk Space (was Re: Relying on ARP)”, in comp.sys.amiga (Usenet):

     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.

   • 2002, Mark Blunden, “Temple District”, in alt.games.baldurs-gate (Usenet):

     Presumably, having uncrunched the data from the compressed archive, it's faster to reload the uncrunched version if it's needed again.

Usage notes

• Associated with the Commodore Amiga computer.