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= Solution

\b[No.] Give an infinite set $X$ the <discrete metric>
$$
d(x,y)=\begin{cases}0,&x=y,\\1,&x\ne y.\end{cases}
$$
This space is bounded. Every Cauchy sequence is eventually constant, so it is complete. However, the open cover by the singleton balls $B_{1/2}(x)=\{x\}$ has no finite subcover. Hence $X$ is not <compact space>[compact].

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