A zip drive writes data to a zip disc, which can be used similarly to a floppy disc, but with 100mb of storage space. Zip File Not to be confused with a Zip Drive or disc, is a compressed file that contains data. When the file is unzipped using a program like WinZip, the files are uncompressed and readable in their original format. It is common to zip up a large file before attaching it and sending it in a e-mail. The zipped file is smaller and doesn't take as long to download.
All zip file have a .zip file extention.
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