"gunzip" meaning in English

See gunzip in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: gunzips [present, singular, third-person], gunzipping [participle, present], gunzipped [participle, past], gunzipped [past]
Etymology: From the name of the software program, originally short for GNU unzip. Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} gunzip (third-person singular simple present gunzips, present participle gunzipping, simple past and past participle gunzipped)
  1. (transitive, computing) To decompress using the gzip program. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing

Inflected forms

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