PKZIP
Sign in to savePKZIP is a file archiving computer program, notable for introducing the popular ZIP file format. PKZIP was first introduced for MS-DOS on the IBM-PC compatible platform in 1989. Since then versions have been released for a number of other architectures and operating systems. PKZIP was originally written by Phil Katz and marketed by his company PKWARE, Inc starting in 1986. The company bears his initials: "PK".
Key facts
- Software.screenshot
- Pkzip-2.04g-dos.png
- Software.screenshot size
- 250px
- Software.caption
- PKZIP 2.04g for DOS, circa 1993
- Software.author
- Phil Katz
- Software.developer
- PKWARE Inc
- Software.genre
- archiving and data compression tool
- Software.license
- proprietary
- Software.website
- http://www.pkware.com/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- file archiver
- Developer
- Phil Katz
- Official website
- www.pkware.com
- Image
- PKZIP floppy.jpg
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- operating system
- Microsoft Windows
- readable file format
- ZIP
- writable file format
- ZIP
- software version identifier
- 10
- uses
- DEFLATE
- programmed in
- assembly language
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- .ZIP file format
- Compatibility
- Patents
- See also
- References
- External links
- Official
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PKZIP is a file archiving computer program, notable for introducing the popular ZIP file format. PKZIP was first introduced for MS-DOS on the IBM-PC compatible platform in 1989. Since then versions have been released for a number of other architectures and operating systems. PKZIP was originally written by Phil Katz and marketed by his company PKWARE, Inc starting in 1986. The company bears his initials: "PK".
==History== thumb|PKZIP on a floppy disk By the 1970s, file archiving programs were distributed as standard utilities with operating systems. They include the Unix utilities ar, shar, and tar. These utilities were designed to gather a number of separate files into a single archive file for easier copying and distribution. These archives could optionally be passed through a stream compressor utility, such as compress and others.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “PKZIP” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.