This is without doubt the most important archive format on Windows based computers. Nearly all the Windows orientated files on the internet are ZIP- compressed.
The ZIP format was defined by PKWare, the developers of PkZip. It includes several different compression methods, from which the compressor can select the one that fits best for each file. ZIP files may be split to fit on disks.
Quick Info:
Name: PkZip Archive
Type: Compressed Archive
Extension: ZIP
Native Application: PkZip /
PkUnZip
Specification: ftp://x2ftp.oulu.fi/pub/msdos/programming/formats/appnote.zip
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Alexander Krauss