自じ己こ展てん開かいファイル

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Meanings

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noun

self-extracting archive; self-expanding file

computing

Computing term for an executable archive that decompresses itself without separate extraction software.

圧あっ縮しゅくファイル
A compressed file that requires separate software to extract, unlike a self-extracting file.
解かい凍とうソフト
Software used to decompress archives; a self-extracting file eliminates the need for such software.

Compound of 自己 (self) + 展開 (expansion, deployment) + ファイル (file), a direct calque from English 'self-extracting file'.