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. Zip Drive .
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(1996-08-26)