bloody computers

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Jacques
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Re: bloody computers

Post by Jacques »

firekind wrote:

> what the hell does unzip mean?


file(s) compressed to make smaller using Winzip - to unzip is to decompress the file(s) to the original size using Winzip


However Winzip is so last year - Stuffit is much better and gives a better compression ratio.
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Jacques
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Re: bloody computers

Post by Jacques »

lol!! simple really - zip make smaller, unzip make bigger again
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diplodocus
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Re: bloody computers

Post by diplodocus »

if you click on the zip file it should talk you through how to open it, most computers have the software already installed to do this

if not try here



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diplodocus
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Post by diplodocus »

it saves storage space at their end

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eduardo
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Post by eduardo »

Thats because some email clients restrict the size of file attachments that can be sent.
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