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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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