zip

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