Home › Entities › file_archiver › zip

zip

compression and file packing utility
CreativeWork file_archiver Q19897619
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

zip

Summary

zip is a file archiver[1].

Key Facts

  • zip's instance of is recorded as file archiver[2].
  • zip's instance of is recorded as compression software[3].
  • zip's instance of is recorded as utility software[4].
  • zip's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • zip's developer is recorded as Info-ZIP project[6].
  • zip's copyright license is recorded as Info-ZIP License[7].
  • zip's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[8].
  • zip's operating system is recorded as BSD[9].
  • zip's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[10].
  • zip's operating system is recorded as macOS[11].
  • zip's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0[12].
  • zip is part of Info-ZIP project[13].
  • zip is used for ZIP[14].
  • zip's official website is recorded as http://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html[15].
  • zip's official website is recorded as https://infozip.sourceforge.net/Zip.html[16].
  • zip's writable file format is recorded as ZIP[17].
  • zip's issue tracker URL is recorded as https://sourceforge.net/p/infozip/bugs/[18].
  • zip's different from is recorded as ZIP[19].
  • zip's different from is recorded as .zip[20].
  • zip's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[21].

Body

Publication

zip is part of Info-ZIP project[13].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . infozip.sourceforge.net. Retrieved . infozip.sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). zip. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/zip-q19897619
MLA “zip.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/zip-q19897619.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_zip-q19897619_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{zip}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/zip-q19897619}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): zip — https://4ort.xyz/entity/zip-q19897619 (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/zip-q19897619 · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Writable file format → ZIP
    Different from → ZIP, .zip
    Guix variable name → zip
    Software version identifier → 3.0
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-rank:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 3.0, remove unnecessary use of preferred rank #msynbotTask13"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.