can someone please explain this! thank u
2007-06-12 05:48:42 · 5 answers · asked by ll_chicago_girl_ll 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
The files are compressed.... Well let me explain this further...
let's say you have this binary sequence....
100000000111111000001 -> this takes 21 spaces
but if we compress it...
1[8,0][6,1][5,0]1 ->this takes less than 21 spaces!
zipping basically compresses the redundant data in the files we zip! :) hope this helps...
2007-06-12 06:39:09 · answer #1 · answered by jaysondin87 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the files are compressed, the whitespace inside the files is deleted, or an algorhythm is created to manipulate the data so that is takes less space.
2007-06-12 05:51:48 · answer #2 · answered by basscleff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i only use zip to turn multiple folders into a single one to send to friends. loke if ur total data was 15mb. zip would make it like 14 lol
2007-06-12 05:56:30 · answer #3 · answered by Jake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with my experience i would say nothing happens it doesn't reduce the size of files at all my opinion use winrar reduces the file size 15%-20%
2007-06-12 05:52:16 · answer #4 · answered by Vijay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just that...they are compressed until unzipped.
2007-06-12 05:51:45 · answer #5 · answered by randumb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋