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Portable storage disk that can hold 100 or 250 MB of information, manufactured by the Iomega corporation. Used in a Zip drive, Zip disks can archive or back up large amounts of data.
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1) A file that has been compressed, often with the .ZIP format originated by PKWARE.


2) A file on a Zip diski, not necessarily compressed.


3) A compressed file with the .EXE extension that is self-extracting (can be unzipped simply by opening it).