zip file
noun
computers
: a computer file in which a large amount of repeated information has been removed to make it smaller
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In 2019, someone acting under the pseudonym Spartacus sent a mass email to many of the island’s residents enclosing a zip file full of many of the same leaks that James had sent me.
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Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
Use the download button to get a zip file with all the templates or, on a mobile device, touch and hold any of the images below to save them as individual photos.
Download Templates
Get in Touch.
—ProPublica, 1 Feb. 2024
To unzip a compressed item on a Mac, just double-click on the zip file.
—USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
How to make a zip file Creating the archive file is simple.
—USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
The album traveled between fans online as a zip file shared discretely like a love note.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2023
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Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
Use the download button to get a zip file with all the templates or, on a mobile device, touch and hold any of the images below to save them as individual photos.
Download Templates
Get in Touch.
—ProPublica, 1 Feb. 2024
To unzip a compressed item on a Mac, just double-click on the zip file.
—USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
How to make a zip file Creating the archive file is simple.
—USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
The album traveled between fans online as a zip file shared discretely like a love note.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2023
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“Zip file.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zip%20file. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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