2007-03-26 19:00:37 · 11 answers · asked by SMALLS 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
It's used to compact a file or directory into a smaller, yet almost useless, file. You usually zip files in order to store them longterm, put them on space-restricted portable media like floppies or CD-ROMs, or upload them to the internet (to preserve the file architecture and completeness).
However, beginning with Windows XP, Windows has its own native zipper/unzipper built in, so WinZip is not used nearly as much. Also, portable media have begun to have much larger storage capacities, so zipping is much less common today than in years past.
2007-03-26 19:07:59 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
WinZip is a compression/decompression utility used to create archives and reduce file sizes. Zip archives can be recognised by a .zip extension.
Zip Archives reduce total file size, saving disk space and transfer times across the Internet.
See more info:
http://www.winzip.com/aboutzip.htm
http://www.itd.uts.edu.au/computingguide/PC/winzip.html
All the best.
2007-03-26 19:38:49 · answer #2 · answered by Siva 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
winzip is used to zip files. i.e. you have 100 files size is 100 mb then winzip will compress this to one file and size will be just 10 mb.
then u can use winzip to unzip this one file and get 100 files
2007-03-26 19:05:23 · answer #3 · answered by lakshmi r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ehm..
I found a free download of Winrar here http://j.mp/1p3PuRL
The best program you can use to decompress all the different kind of files is Winrar.
I hope it helps
2014-07-21 17:58:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
You can get Winrar for free from this link http://bit.ly/1p3P3H6
If you need to open file zip, rar, 7z, jar and all the other compressed files you need WinRar.
Best
2014-07-21 16:02:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it compresses data and decompresses it for easy storage and transport on portable media..it creates .zip files...
you can try
win rar
win ace
win zip
they are different formats
2007-03-26 19:08:46 · answer #6 · answered by The Question Man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
compressing files to make them easier for transport, storage
2007-03-26 19:04:02 · answer #7 · answered by Paulie Paul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unzipping files, which are compacted so they're not as big.
2007-03-26 19:07:35 · answer #8 · answered by regina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to extract files that are like unseeable or useable
2007-03-26 19:03:18 · answer #9 · answered by sickskillz883 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to extract and make files smaller.
also try winace. (i prefer)
2007-03-26 19:05:27 · answer #10 · answered by ★Eric Hilton☆ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋