What does ZIP stand for (the compression format, not the postal codes)
- by codymanix
Does anybody know for what the acronym ZIP stands for which was and is used in programs like PKZIP and GZIP?
There is a compression algorithm named Lempel-Ziv-Welch-Algorithm (LZW) maybe the guy named Ziv invented together with other people ZIP?
I cannot find anything about it, maybe its not an abbreviation but instead it just means "to zip files" but I think originally there was more about it..