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 [uhn-zip]   Origin

un·zip

   [uhn-zip] verb, -zipped, -zip·ping.
verb (used with object)
1.
to open the zipper of.
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verb (used without object)
2.
to become unzipped.

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Origin:
1935–40; un-2 + zip2
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unzip (ʌnˈzɪp)
 
—vb , -zips, -zipping, -zipped
1.  to unfasten the zip of (a garment) or (of a zip or garment with a zip) to become unfastened: her skirt unzipped as she sat down
2.  (tr) computing to decompress (a file) that had previously been zipped

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unzip
1939, from un- (2) + zip.
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unzip definition


1. To extract files from an archive created with PKWare's PKZIP archiver.
2. A program to list, test, or extract files from a ZIP archive, commonly found on MS-DOS systems. zip, creates ZIP archives; both programs are compatible with archives created by PKWARE's PKZIP and PKUNZIP for MS-DOS.
(1995-03-06)

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