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.zip
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zip Zip ZIP
Translingual
Etymology
From mul en ZIP.
Noun
mul noun
An extension for ZIP files.
en mul Ernie Smith The Most Clever ‘Zip Bomb’ Ever Made Explodes a 46MB File to 4.5 Petabytes Vice (website) VICE https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-most-clever-zip-bomb-ever-made-explodes-a-46mb-file-to-45-petabytes/ 2019-07-10 In an email interview, Fifield noted that, while 42.zip (which has been hosted on the same single-serving website for at least 15 years) gets much of the attention, he finds later attempts more technically interesting. https://web.archive.org/web/20240911091257/https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-most-clever-zip-bomb-ever-made-explodes-a-46mb-file-to-45-petabytes/
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mul File formats