Zip
1. <tool, compression, file format> To create a compressed
archive (a "zip file") from one or more files using PKWare's
PKZIP or a compatible archiver.
Its use is spreading from
MS-DOS now that portable implementations of the
algorithm have been written.
zip is also the name of a
Unix archiving utility compatible with
PKZIP.
unzip is the corresponding de-archiver.
See also
gzip,
tar and feather.
2. <storage>
Zip Drive.
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