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Glossary

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Zip — A popular data compression format. Files that have been compressed with the

Zip format are called Zip files and usually have a filename extension of .zip. A special

kind of zipped file is a self-extracting file, which has a filename extension of .exe. You

can unzip a self-extracting file by double-clicking it.
Zip drive — A high-capacity floppy drive developed by Iomega Corporation that uses

3.5-inch removable disks called Zip disks. Zip disks are slightly larger than regular

floppy disks, about twice as thick, and hold up to 100 MB of data.

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