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zip file
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
zip file
(noun)
zip file
noun
also
zipped file
plural
zip files
zip file
noun
also
zipped file
plural
zip files
Britannica Dictionary definition of ZIP FILE
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count
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computers
:
a computer file in which a large amount of repeated information has been removed to make it smaller
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