Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unarc

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: unarc
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To extract (a file) from a compressed archive in ARC (file format).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I unarced it with UNARC.F83, a good example of a useful application that runs using only standard words (and F83 in particular). The unarced file is VIDEO.BLK, which looks similar to the VIDEO.BLK file from VIDEOF83."
"The individual files compressed within the archive file SUPPLIER on drive B are unarced and placed in the subdirectory […]"
"Windows setup entails unarcing files into system subdirectory […]"
"MegaD also provides an easy method for arcing or unarcing files using various compression programs."
"Early in the semester, students also had to learn how to ftp files from a remote site and unarc them using PKXARC."

Etymology

From un- + ARC.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unarcs (present, singular) unarcing (participle, present) unarced (participle, past) unarced (past)

Questions

What does unarc mean?: To extract (a file) from a compressed archive in ARC (file format).
Where does unarc come from?: From un- + ARC.

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