Glossary Entry: Unpack

Files stored in an archive file cannot be accessed or used without first taking them out of the archive file. It's basically like saying that you have a big box of things, and in order to get what you want out of it you need to reach in and unpack everything else.

This term is also a synonym for extracting an archive file.

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