different between unarc vs narc

English

Etymology

un- +? ARC

Verb

unarc (third-person singular simple present unarcs, present participle unarcing, simple past and past participle unarced)

1. (computing, transitive) To extract (a file) from a compressed archive in ARC (file format).
   • 1988, Forth Dimensions (volume 10, page 18)

     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.

   • 1991, InfoWorld (volume 13, issues 9-17, page 390)

     Windows setup entails unarcing files into system subdirectory […]

   • 1993, Microtimes (volume 10, page 210)

     MegaD also provides an easy method for arcing or unarcing files using various compression programs.

   • 2005, Kirk St. Amant, Pavel Zemliansky, Internet-based Workplace Communications

     Early in the semester, students also had to learn how to ftp files from a remote site and unarc them using PKXARC.

Anagrams

• Craun, NCAUR

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: näk, IPA^(key): /n??k/
• (US) enPR: närk, IPA^(key): /n???k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k

Etymology 1

Clipping of narcotics (control) officer.

Noun

narc (plural narcs)

1. (informal, colloquial, drugs) A police officer assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control.

Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling of nark, influenced by narc (“narcotics officer”).

Noun

narc (plural narcs)

1. (informal, colloquial, drugs) Alternative spelling of nark (“spy”)

Verb

narc (third-person singular simple present narcs, present participle narcing, simple past and past participle narced)

1. (informal, colloquial, drugs) Alternative spelling of nark

See also

• stool pigeon

Etymology 3

Clipping of narcosis.

Verb

narc (third-person singular simple present narcs, present participle narcing, simple past and past participle narced)

1. (underwater diving, slang) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (for example, while scuba diving).

Translations

Etymology 4

Clipping of narcissist.

Noun

narc (plural narcs)

1. (colloquial, informal) A narcissist.

Anagrams

• Carn, Cran, NRCA, cRNA, carn, cran, cran-, crna