🌊 Relieving pressure 💾 Restoring data

decompressing

3.8

The process of making files usable again after they have been made smaller

noun
/ˌdiːkəmˈprɛsɪŋ/

Specialized

: descompresión

Decompressing gives back all the image information contained in the original data file.

Examples

You can find them on Amazon and I use that for hanging and really just decompressing or compressing depending on how you look at it.
Decompressing a file allows you to access all the data that was previously compacted.
The process of decompressing makes the information in the digital file usable again.
After decompressing the software, I was able to install it on my computer.

Synonyms

decompression

vsdecompressing

Specialized

2 4.9

To turn compressed digital files back into their original usable form

is the action-focused form used to talk about doing that process

Antonyms

compression

Specialized

13 3.8

Making data such as files smaller so it takes less space and can be sent faster

Surface Forms

decompressing singular

decompressings plural

Morphology

decompressing = decompress (transparent) = de + compress + ing

The noun is a regular -ing formation from the verb 'decompress', so the immediate step is straightforward.

Etymology

The word decompressing comes from the parts de- ('away') and compress ('press together'), the same root you see in compress and press. A helpful way to remember the computing sense is to think of a file that was 'squashed' small being let back 'out' again, so decompressing restores the file to its original form.