uncrunch

verb

Etymology

From un- + crunch.

Definitions

  1. To decompress.

    • Load (but do not run) the BASIC program you want to uncrunch.
    • 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.
    • Presumably, having uncrunched the data from the compressed archive, it's faster to reload the uncrunched version if it's needed again.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for uncrunch. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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