zip file

American

[zip fahyl] / ˈzɪp ˌfaɪl /

noun

Computers. a compressed file format that combines one or more files into one for storage or transmission. Zip files typically have the suffix .zip and must be decompressed to extract individual files to be opened and used.

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Noun Inflected Forms

zip files

plural

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zip file

During that call, Calocane spoke about a zip file of documents he had send to their parents about his delusions around being monitored.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

The YourAnonNews account also shared a link to a cloud-hosted zip file that claims to be a data leak from the Russian space agency.

From The Verge ● Mar. 3, 2022

The GSA on May 25 sent Vance’s office an encrypted thumb drive and an encrypted zip file, the records show.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2021

So after she downloaded the 748-megabyte zip file that putatively contained our collected correspondence, she just let it sit on her computer.

From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2015

Illustrations have been included in the zip file.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa

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