WinZip
WinZip is a trialware file archiver and compressor for Microsoft Windows, macOS, iOS and Android. It is developed by WinZip Computing (formerly Nico Mak Computing), which is owned by Alludo. The program can create archives in Zip file format, unpack some other archive file formats and it also has various tools for system integration.
Key facts
- Software.logo size
- 200px
- Software.logo
- WinZip Logo (2022).svg
- Software.screenshot
- Screenshot of the program WinZip 26.png
- Software.caption
- WinZip 26 running in Windows 10 with a ribbon
- Software.developer
- Alludo, formerly Corel Corporation
- Software.author
- WinZip International LLC
- Software.operating system
- Microsoft Windows, macOS, iOS and Android
- Software.ver layout
- stacked
- Software.language
- English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Dutch, Czech
- Software.language count
- 12
- Software.size
- 57.13 MB
- Software.genre
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Supported ZIP archive features
- Release history
- See also
- References
- External links
WinZip is a trialware file archiver and compressor for Microsoft Windows, macOS, iOS and Android. It is developed by WinZip Computing (formerly Nico Mak Computing), which is owned by Alludo. The program can create archives in Zip file format, unpack some other archive file formats and it also has various tools for system integration.
==History== WinZip 1.0 was released in April 1991 as a graphical user interface (GUI) front-end for PKZIP. The ZIP file archive format (ZIP) was originally invented for MS-DOS in 1989 by Phil Katz.
