Zip latest version is a widely available compression and file packaging utility available across platforms such as Unix, VMS, DOS, OS/2 Windows 9x/NT Amiga Atari Macintosh beOS SMS QDOS MVS VMS CMS systems among others. The zip update version provides similar functions as Unix’s tar(1) and compress(1) commands but with far broader support across devices than either alone can offer.
Overview
Zip stands as Open Source software in Audio/Multimedia developed by Greg Roelofs’ project has its name given as Open Source in Audio& Multimedia categories by Gregory Roelofs’ development team.
Zip 18.05 was officially released on June 4th 2018, first being added to our database on 10/16th 2009. Most common version is 9.20 which makes up 59% of total installations.
ZIP can run on all versions of Windows; its download file weighs in at approximately 0.5MB.
Users have given Zip a rating of four out of five stars.
FAQ
Q: What Is Zip?
A: Zip is a compression program which enables users to compress and decompress files.
Q: Who created Zip?
A: Zip was first developed by Greg Roelofs back in 1993.
Q: Is Zip open source software?
A: Absolutely – Zip is an open source project.
Q: What is the file extension for zipped files?
A: A zipped file’s extension is typically.zip.
Question: On what operating systems is Zip supported?
A: Zip can run on Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems.
Q: How Does Compression in Zip Work?
A: Compressing files using Zip involves shrinking them down by eliminating redundancies within their data and this makes the file much smaller to transfer and store.
Q: Am I able to password-protect my compressed files using Zip?
A: Yes, encryption in Zip provides password-protection capabilities that enable password protection of compressed files.
Q: Can Zip compress files up to 4GB in size?
A: Yes. It supports compression for files up to that size.
Q: Are There Similar to Zip?
A: Popular compression programs similar to Zip are WinZip, 7-Zip and WinRAR.
Q: Can Zip be downloaded free?
A: Absolutely – Zip is freely downloadable under the GNU General Public License terms.
Technical
- Title: Zip 18.05
- Size: 0.5MB
- Operating Systems: Windows
- License: Open Source
- Date added: 06/04/2018
- Publisher: Greg Roelofs
