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Decompress - What does it mean?

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decompress

English

Verb

(es)
  • To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
  • To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
  • (computing) To restore compressed data to its normal size.
  • To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
  • (informal) To relax.
  • Derived terms

    * decompression

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