What is the meaning of ZIP file.?

Answer 1

ZIP File is defined by most dictionaries as a popular standard for file compression on the PC. You can recognize it by the .zip file extension. A ZIP file contains one or more files that have been compressed or stored. The ZIP file format was originally created by Phil Katz, founder of PKWARE.

For more details you may visit this site -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_file_format#History

Answer 2

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.

Most software that you download from the Internet will arrive as a self-extracting zip file. Typically, by double-clicking on a self-extracting zip file, it will automatically extract, decompress, and store the individual files. One of these files is usually called the "setup.exe" file. Double-clicking on this file will cause the software to be installed as a selectable program in your operating system.

Answer 3

ZIP:
(file format), a popular data compression and archival format

In this software u can have both win Rar and win zip

Win Rar : u can divide the software in to no. of division
Win zip : u can add any no. of file u wanted and that final file is by default is treated as single file which is having the less size compared to ur file having the size
EX:
If a word file is say 2 MB when u win zip it then it will be compressed to a file of nearly half the file of less many times
(because, the white spaces r considered as free space and that is not considered in the file)

The ZIP file format is a popular data compression and archival format. A ZIP file contains one or more files that have been compressed or stored

ZIP files generally use the file extensions ".zip" or ".ZIP"
EX: for picture file u use .jpg, .gif, psd, .etc..,

Answer 4

A Zip file is a file format whose data is compressed and stored in an archived format. You need WinZip to unzip the files stored inside it.
Now can see that even Windows Xp Xp has an option called Compressed Zip Folder
When any install and Archiever, you can find that these are stored as ZIP files

Answer 5

A zip file is a file having extension .zip it is a file which is either compressed or made self extractable or as such .... in this file there can be more than one file or files ....

the most basic program which is used on windows operating system to make or unzip a file is Winzip .... the zip command can and was also used in dos in olden days...

zip files can also be mad self extractor like a setup file to extract itself to a folder when executed or double clicked.... it can be compressed in varied formats ... i.e. high compression or just compression or just zipping.....

Answer 6

What is a ZIP File?
What does ZIP and UNZIP mean?
A zip file is a single compressed file that contains a complete set of program files. Compressed files are valuable in the electronic world because they cut your downloading time drastically, and make it possible to download just one file instead of a number of different files (which can often number in the dozens or even hundreds).

To decompress (meaning UNZIP) a compressed file (meaning a ZIP or zipped file), you'll need a special program like those listed below. They themselves are compressed, but with a kind of compression called 'self-extracting' which means that after you download and double-click on them from Windows Explorer, they will automatically extract the compressed file to a download folder. If this all sounds like Klingon to you, please read our How to Download a File FAQ.

How to UNZIP
After downloading a ZIP file, open Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer) and double-click on the file name. This will (normally) open the ZIP file in your preferred ZIP tool, giving you a list of files in the ZIP archive.

ZIP tools will have a command to copy files out of the compressed archive, normally called 'Extract'. Select this command, and you will be prompted for a folder where the extracted files will be placed; the best place to put extracted files is in a special temporary folder (for example 'C:\WORK').

Now, still using Windows Explorer, look in the folder where you extracted the files and look for a file with a name like 'readme.txt' or 'install.txt' which will contain instructions which you can read by opening the file in NotePad. Or if you want, you can go directly to the file with a name like 'setup.exe' or 'install.exe' which, if you double-click on it, will bring up the applications installation program.

After installing the program and seeing that it works properly, you can go back to the temporary directory where you decompressed the files and erase them in order to save disk space.

If you see some sort of error message when opening the ZIP file or extracting files, it's possible that the file was not completely downloaded - this can happen occasionally with large files. To fix this, the best thing is to download the file again.

Some Zip Tools
Here are links to just a few of the many freeware and shareware ZIP tools:

PKZIP - The original!
WinZip - Very highly regarded
Info-Zip WiZ

Answer 7

Zip file is a compressed file. Any file can be compressed into a zip file. The extend of compressibility depends on the format of the file. Say, in the case of non-compressed files like BMP or DOC the compressibility will be more. Whereas in the case of compreseed formats like JPG, MP3 etc the compression rate will be comparitively less.

Zip is a non-lossy compression. ie you don't loss any information when a file is compressed to zip.

You can zip a file using softwares like WinZip, WinAce, WinRar, PowerZip etc. The extension on a zipped file will be .ZIP.

Answer 8

ZIP file uses the extension .zip and is a compressed file which uses less space in the storage drive.

For instance, if a file is using 1 mb in standard format it may use 300 mb in zip format.

Various programs which are used to zip or unzip any file or folder are winrar, winzip, etc.

Thanks.

Answer 9

It's file that contains one or more files that are compressed into the ZIP format to make them smaller. You just need to unzip or decompress them - right click on the file. You can then extract the files you want.

Answer 10

zip files are compressed version of regular files.any file or files can be compressed into one single zip file in order to reduce the total file size on teh disk. this is done using the winzip software.
the compressed file is easier to transfer (because of the reduced size) and can later be unzipped to get the original files. unzipping / extracting is also done using the same software.