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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This zip file, along with some system data, is sent to a remote server. —

Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 15 Dec. 2024 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. —

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