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Where does “zip file” come from?

zip file (English) comes from English zip — The high-pitched sound of a small object moving...

zip file (English): A computer file containing the zipped contents...

Definitions

  1. A computer file containing the zipped contents...

Ancestry of “zip file”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishzipThe high-pitched sound of a small object moving...
Every word from English zip →