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Extract

Updated: 06/30/2019 by Computer Hope

Extract may refer to any of the following:

1. Extract is a term used to describe the process of decompressing and moving one or more files in a compressed file (e.g., .zip file) to an alternate location.

Related information

  • How to extract or decompress a compressed file.

2. Extract is a command used with Microsoft Windows. Additional information about this command is on the extract command page.

Compress, Expand, Explode, Ripping, Software terms

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