What does that mean in English? Well, 'file compression' is just a way of saying 'smushing a file so that it takes up less space on your hard drive' and 'file archiving' is just a way of saying 'making a copy of the original file so that you can put a copy somewhere else.' The file compression part of the ZIP file format is what makes it so popular with web developers. ![]() ![]() The ZIP file format allows you to both compress and archive your files. Have you ever had a file on your computer that was so ridiculously large it was all but impossible for you to send it to a friend as an email attachment? Or, even better, have you ever wanted to email someone a BUNCH of different files at the same time but didn't want to go through the tedious process of having to attach the files to the email one at a time? That's where the ZIP file format comes in.
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