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What does zip mean and why?

Zip is a very common file format in computers, so what exactly does zip mean?

1. Presumably, when you use a computer, you will often see files with zip suffix. This is a very common file format, but many friends don't know what zip means. Next, Bian Xiao will tell you.

2.zip is actually a compressed file format and one of the most mainstream compression formats at present. Its main competitors are rar and 7-zip, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.

3. In terms of performance, the compression rate of zip format is lower than that of rar format, but its compression time is much lower than that of rar, which is the most important point of zip popularization and can greatly save compression time.

4.zip is a fairly simple archive format, which is used to compress each file individually. Recently, new functions including new compression and encryption methods have been added to zip, which also brings more functions to compressing files.

5. If you want to open a zip file, you need to prepare a compression software on your computer, and then right-click the zip file, and the "extract to" option will appear in the drop-down menu; Similarly, if you need to compress files, it is the same method.