| Zipping is the act of packaging a set of files into a
single file or archive that is called a zip file. Usually, the files in
a zip file are compressed so that they take up less space in storage or
take less time to send to someone. There are several popular tools that
can be used for zipping files: PKZIP for the DOS operating system, WinZip
and Netzip for Windows, MacZip for Macintosh users, and Zip and UnZip for
UNIX systems. The result of zipping is a single file with a ".zip"
suffix. After you receive a zip file, you may have to extract and decompress
the file by using the same kind of tool that was used to zip the original
file. |
