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zip files

zip files is the plural of zip file.

Meaning of zip file

Noun

zip file (plural zip files)

  1. A computer file containing the zipped (compressed) contents of one or more files; a kind of compressed archive.
    • To make that functionality available, you have to place a zip file containing the source in the top-level directory of the plug-in [...]2003, David Gallardo, Ed Burnette, Robert McGovern, Eclipse in action: a guide for Java developers, page 244

Questions about zip files

What is zip files the plural of?
Zip files is the plural of zip file.

Words near zip files in the dictionary

  1. Zip drive
  2. Zip drives
  3. zip fastener
  4. zip fasteners
  5. zip file
  6. zip files
  7. zip gun
  8. zip guns
  9. zip it
  10. zip line
  11. zip liner

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