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# zip

zip: vt.

[primarily MS-DOS/Windows] To create a compressed archive from a group of files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. Its use is spreading now that portable implementations of the algorithm have been written. Commonly used as follows: «I'll zip it up and send it to you.» See tar and feather.

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