WinZip brings the convenience of Windows
to the use of Zip files and other compression formats.
The optional wizard interface makes zipping and
unzipping easier than ever. WinZip features built-in support for CAB files and
for popular Internet file formats such as TAR, gzip, UUencode, BinHex, and MIME.
ARJ, LZH, and ARC files are supported via external programs.
Zip files are "archives"
used for distributing and storing files. Zip files contain one or more files.
Usually the files "archived" in a Zip are compressed to save space. Zip files
make it easy to group files and make transporting and copying these files
faster.
Zip files save time and space, and make
downloading software and transferring e-mail attachments faster. Typical
uses for Zip files include:
- Most files available on ftp sites, bulletin boards and electronic
services like CompuServe are distributed as archives. Two benefits of
using archives for electronic file distribution are that only one file
transfer operation ("download") is required to obtain all related files,
and file transfer time is minimized because the files in an archive are
compressed.
- It is often useful to send a group of related files to an associate.
Rather than distributing individual files it is often easier to distribute
the files as an archive to benefit from the file grouping and compression.
- Some files are important but used infrequently. To save disk space
simply compress these files into an archive when they are not used, and
decompress
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here Does WinZip Fit In?
WinZip makes it easy for Windows users to work with archives. WinZip features
an intuitive point-and-click drag-and-drop interface for viewing, running,
extracting, adding, deleting, and testing files in archives with a standard
Windows interface. WinZip provides the same "friendly face" for all the
aforementioned archive formats.
You can download a fully functional evaluation version from the
WinZip Download Page, or place
an order for the registered version from the
WinZip Ordering Information Page.
.ZIP File Size
File Type - Message(HTML)
File - Learning Visual Basic.zip
Uncompressed = 2.54 mb
Compressed = 2.14 mb
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