Definition of zip
Zip (or ZIP) is a file format used to compress data stored on your computer. The purpose of compression is to reduce the size of a file or to bundle multiple files into one.
It is possible to compress audio, video and image files. It is an easy way to group multiple files. Compressed files have the extension “.zip”.
For example, to send several documents by email, the task is simplified if the user creates a file that groups all the documents and sends a single file. When the recipient unzips the “.zip” file, each document will be displayed separately.
On some operating systems, such as Mac OS X, the Zip compression format is already built into the system.
Some programs that work with the Zip format are: PKZIP, WinZip, 7-Zip, among others.
The Zip format was created in 1989 by Phil Katz, founder of the PKWARE company, and was initially implemented in “PKZIP” software to replace the earlier compression format called “ARC.” The name “Zip” was suggested by a friend of Phil Katz.
Zip is an English word whose meaning in Portuguese is “very fast movement”.
” Zip ” is a word derived from “Zip” and is a jargon that is often used in the computing environment to designate the action of compressing files.
