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Topic: ZIP file

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Favorite body part(s):

Ears

Favorite activity(s):

Karaoke

Most admires:

Che Guevara

Favorite possession(s):

Windows computer, Apple Computer, Linux box

Favorite food(s):

Favorite book(s):

"Maximum Internet Security: A Hackers Guide" by Net Sams

Interest(s):

Computers

Currently has on their coffee table:

Mac Today, PC World

Favorite computer game(s):

Solitaire, PacMan, Quake

Favorite online activity(s):

Downloading MP3's, Finding warez, Chatting on ICQ

Favorite quote(s):

"Black holes are where God divided by zero." - Steven Wright
"There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C. A. R. Hoare

Expert Talk

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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

Zip files contain vast amounts of information that has undergone compression to reduce the amount of space that the data take up.

Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper

EXE files are ZIP compatible so you can optionally open them with a program like WinZip after downloaded to extract the characters manually.
Zip Files If you choose to download all of the documentation provided in one step you will find that it has been compressed to a zip formatted file.
Zip files are at once an archive format and a compressed format, so an unzipping program decompresses and extracts archived files as a single step.

Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur

File is a zip file and you must have UnZip for windows or StuffIt Expander for Macs.
Downloadable files are compressed into zip archives.

Mike Enlow,
Internet Marketer

Zip Files If you choose to download the software as a ZIP file, you will need a program to unzip the file.
ZIP files are available on every page for easy one-click downloading.
They are all in zip files for quicker downloading you will need a program such as Winzip to unzip them.

Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

Zip disks are available in 100MB and 250MB capacities and work well for storing digital photos and graphics files.
Compressed ZIP files are prepared in Powerpoint format for access into PC or MAC presentations.
Zip files will need to be unzipped onto floppy disks before the software can be installed.

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