:zip: [primarily MS-DOS] vt. To create a compressed archive from a
group of files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. Its
use is spreading now that portable implementations of the algorithm
have been written. Commonly used as follows: "I'll zip it up and
send it to you." See {tar and feather}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
group of files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. Its
use is spreading now that portable implementations of the algorithm
have been written. Commonly used as follows: "I'll zip it up and
send it to you." See {tar and feather}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- zip vt.
[primarily MS-DOS] To create a compressed archive
from a group of files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible
archiver.
Its use is spreading now that portable implementations... - tar and feather: [from UNIX `tar(1)'] vt. To create a
transportable archive from a group of files by first sticking them
together with `tar(1)' (the Tape ARchiver) and then
compressing the result (see {compress}).
The latter action is dubbed `feathering' partly... - tar and feather vi.
[from Unix tar(1)] To create a
transportable archive from a group of files by first sticking them
together with tar(1) (the Tape ARchiver) and then
compressing the result (see compress).
The latter action is dubbed `feathering' partly... - spool: [from early IBM `Simultaneous Peripheral Operation
On-Line',
but this acronym is widely thought to have been contrived... - bug-compatible: adj. Said of a design or revision that has been
badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with
{fossil}s or {misfeature}s in other programs or (esp.)
previous releases of itself.
"MS-DOS 2.0 used \ as a path separator to be bug... - smash case: vi. To lose or obliterate the uppercase/lowercase
distinction in text input.
"MS-DOS will automatically smash case in the names... - foreground: [UNIX] vt. To bring a task to the top of one's
{stack} for immediate processing,
and hackers often use it in this sense for non-computer... - inflate vt.
To decompress or puff a file. Rare among
Internet hackers,
used primarily by MS-DOS/Windows types... - GFR: /G-F-R/ vt. [ITS: from `Grim File Reaper', an ITS and LISP
Machine utility] To remove a file or files according to some
program-automated or semi-automatic manual procedure,
especially one designed to reclaim mass storage...
