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What (who) is zip - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
ZIP; Zip (disambiguation); ZIp
zip
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.
(1996-08-26)
2. <storage> Zip Drive.
[Jargon File ]
3. <functional programming> zip function.
ZIP
Zone Information Protocol (Reference: AppleTalk)
zip
¦ noun
1. chiefly Brit. a fastener consisting of two flexible strips of metal or plastic with interlocking projections closed or opened by pulling a slide along them.
2. informal energy; vigour.
¦ pronoun N. Amer. informal nothing at all.
¦ verb (zips, zipping, zipped)
1. fasten with a zip.
2. informal move or propel at high speed.
3. Computing compress (a file) so that it takes up less space.
Origin
C19: imitative.
Examples of use of zip
1. This is held up as the definitive Clear success story: zip, zip, zip.
2. "If he sends someone over, we‘ll get it through – zip, zip," he said.
3. Key chemicals called enzymes "zip things together.
4. Eleven of the digits will show the destination Zip code.
5. "We mean the actual market, not just the ZIP code.