"Decompressing" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
The verb "to decompress" means to release or reduce the pressure or tension in something, such as a compressed gas, a frozen joint, or a person under emotional stress. In computing, it means to uncompress or extract data from a compressed file or database.
Decompressed refers to something that has been reduced in size or volume after being compressed. It is often used in contexts such as:<br><br> Data decompression: the process of restoring the original contents of a file or data stream that has been compacted or compressed<br> Audio decompression: the process of restoring the original sound quality of an audio file that has been compressed<br> Text decompression: the process of expanding text that has been condensed or abbreviated<br><br>For example: "The decompressed file took up a lot more space on my hard drive than the original compressed version."