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zip
vt. [primarily MS-DOS/Windows] To create a compressed archive from a group
of files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. Its use is spreading
now that portable implementations of the algorithm have been written.
Commonly used as follows: I'll zip it up and send it to you. See tar and
feather.