Zip

Zip, Zips or ZIP may refer to:

Zipper or zip, a device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric together

ZIP code, the USPS Zone Improvement Plan used in postal addresses in the United States

Computing

zip (file format), a data compression and archival file format

zip, a command-line program from Info-ZIP

Zip drive, a removable data storage format by Iomega

Zone Information Protocol, implementation of an OSI model layer

Convolution (computer science), also called "zip", an operation which converts a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples

Arts and entertainment

Zip, a recurring character in the Tomb Raider video game series

Zip (TUGS), a character in the children's television series TUGS

Zip (game), a children's or party game

Zip, in the children's or party card game Zip and bong

Zip, the vertical line in works by artist Barnett Newman

Zip (band), a band formed by Pete Shelley

ZIP Magazine, a weekly men's magazine published in the United Kingdom

Zip Comics, an American anthology comic book series published from 1940 to 1944

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Zip (file format)

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 free operating systems have built in support for .ZIP in similar manners to Windows and Mac OS X.

.ZIP files generally use the file extensions ".zip" or ".ZIP" and the MIME media type application/zip. ZIP is used as a base file format by many programs, usually under a different name. When navigating a file system via a user interface, graphical icons representing .ZIP files often appear as a document or other object prominently featuring a zipper.

List of recurring Tomb Raider characters

This is a list of recurring characters that appear through the game series, Tomb Raider.

Winston Smith

Lara's butler who is often seen at Croft Manor. He rarely plays any role in the game's plot, usually only seen in Lara's Mansion, in the 2nd and 3rd games he follows Lara around the mansion, carrying a tray with what seems to be blue mugs on it and often farts and groans. One of the secrets in the 2nd and 3rd game was the ability to lock Winston in a large freezer.

In Tomb Raider Chronicles, he sits around a table with various other friends of Lara as they recall Lara's past adventures. He tells the story of how Lara finds the Philosopher's Stone in Rome, while being stalked by Larson Conway and Pierre Dupont. He also tells how Lara stole the "Iris" artefact from Von Croy's company building.

In Tomb Raider: Legend he stands beside the fireplace in Croft Manor and offers advice to Lara in cutscenes. He also appears in the manor level of Tomb Raider: Anniversary.

Zip

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Zip (file format)

List of recurring Tomb Raider characters

Winston Smith

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