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Dell OptiPlex 160L User Manual

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ZIF —

zero insertion force — A type of socket or connector that allows a computer chip to be installed or removed with no stress applied to either the chip or

its socket.

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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