Most of us who happen to zip files during the course of our work hardly even bother to look into the settings of the zipping application. Normally when you use an application like WinZip and try to zip a file, you receive the option to choose a compression method.
Of the several options that you receive, if you choose the best compression method, set as default in any current version of WinZip, the output file would be in the .zipx format.
.Zipx explained
Essentially when you choose...
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With every passing day we tend to store more and more data onto our computers and suddenly you may find yourself running short of disk space. In such a scenario you may be tempted to zip a bunch of your files, say your image or video collection to save on disk space. However before you undertake such an exercise, you need to understand which file types can be compressed the most and which files hardly shrink when we zip them.
Word files and text files are a good bet for zipping
One of...
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The advent of high speed internet has literally changed the way we share data. Instead of sending across DVDs or even pen drives, we simply prefer to upload a large amount of data that we want to share on a website, and send across a link to the recipients. In most cases when we are dealing with a large amount of data, the preferred format for uploading data is the ubiquitous zip format. However the zip format can cause an unique hassle for the intended recipients of the data. Since the zip...
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