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Whats a Zip File?

April 26, 2017file Zip

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Whats a Zip File?

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The files that are available for download on this website are in what is called a “zip file” format. A zipped file is a file that has been compressed and most often has a file extension of “.ZIP”. We zip the files on our system for two reasons. First, we have some add-ons that are huge. By zipping the file we collapse the file to 1/3 of its former size, significantly reducing the amount of time that it takes to download the add-on. Second, we are concerned about space on our server and zipping allows us to keep more files on our system. This is a very common way of distributing files on the Internet.