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WinZip is a shareware file archiver and compressor for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android developed by WinZip Computing (formerly Nico Mak Computing).

It can create archives in Zip file format, and unpack some other archive file formats.

In signal processing, data compression, source coding, or bit-rate reduction involves encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation.

Compression can be either lossy or lossless.

Lossless compression reduces bits by identifying and eliminating statistical redundancy.

No information is lost in lossless compression.

Lossy compression reduces bits by removing unnecessary or less important information.

In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding a message or information in such a way that only authorized parties can access it.

Encryption does not of itself prevent interference, but denies the intelligible content to a would-be interceptor.

In an encryption scheme, the intended information or message, referred to as plaintext, is encrypted using an encryption algorithm, generating ciphertext that can only be read if decrypted.

For technical reasons, an encryption scheme usually uses a pseudo-random encryption key generated by an algorithm.

It is in principle possible to decrypt the message without possessing the key, but, for a well-designed encryption scheme, considerable computational resources and skills are required.

An authorized recipient can easily decrypt the message with the key provided by the originator to recipients but not to unauthorized users.

ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression.

A-ZIP file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed.

The.ZIP file format permits a number of compression algorithms, though DEFLATE is the most common.

This format was originally created in 1989 by Phil Katz, and was first implemented in PKWARE, Inc.'s PKZIP utility, as a replacement for the previous ARC compression format by Thom Henderson.

The.ZIP format is now supported by many software utilities other than PKZIP.

Microsoft has included built-in.ZIP support (under the name "compressed folders") in versions of Microsoft Windows since 1998.

Apple has included built-in.ZIP support in Mac OS X 10.3 (via BOMArchiveHelper, now Archive Utility) and later.

Most have built in support for.ZIP in similar manners to Windows and Mac OS X.

Microsoft Windows (or simply Windows) is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.

It consists of several families of operating systems, each of which cater to a certain sector of the computing industry with the OS typically associated with IBM PC compatible architecture.

Active Windows families include Windows NT, Windows Embedded and Windows Phone; these may encompass subfamilies, e.g. Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE) or Windows Server.

Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x; Windows 10 Mobile is an active product, unrelated to the defunct family Windows Mobile.