When you "zip" a file, you'll compress its data and reduce how much space it takes up on your computer or phone. Nearly all devices have built-in tools that let you zip (and later unzip) files. Over ...

Many Ubuntu Linux file archives have the "tar.gz" file extension and were created using the standard tar and gzip utilities. Although the name is similar, gzip does does not produce compressed ...

Creating zip files on a Mac might seem daunting at first, but you have a few options -- and plenty of tools -- at your disposal. While you may have experience creating a zip file on a Windows-based ...

If you’ve ever sent, or received, a big file via email, you’ve undoubtably encountered a zip file. Double-click one of these and it expands to show files hidden inside. A zip file, or archive, takes ...

We all know that we need to compress a large file if we want to transfer or send it to someone. But have you ever thought about what happens to a file when it is compressed? How does the size of a ...