| Format introduction | 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. |
| Technical details | ZIP files are archives that store multiple files. .ZIP allows contained files to be compressed using many different methods, as well as simply storing a file without compressing it. Each file is stored separately, allowing different files in the same archive to be compressed using different methods. |
| File extension | .zip, .zipx |
| MIME | application/zip |
| Developed by | Phil Katz, PKWARE, Inc. |
| Type of format | Data compression |
| Associated programs | Microsoft Windows, WinZip, WinRAR, IZarc, Info-ZIP, 7-Zip, PeaZip, B1 Free Archiver, DotNetZip. |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_(file_format) |
| ZIP to 7z | convert from archive to archive |
| ZIP to TAR | convert from archive to archive |
| 7z to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| XZ to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| BZIP2 to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| GZIP to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| TAR to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| WIM to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| AR to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| ARJ to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| CAB to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| CPIO to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| CramFS to ZIP | convert from to archive |
| DMG to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| EXT to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| FAT to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| GPT to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| HFS to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| IHEX to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| ISO to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| LZH to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| LZMA to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| MBR to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| MSI to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| NSIS to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| NTFS to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| QCOW2 to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| RAR to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| RPM to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| SquashFS to ZIP | convert from to archive |
| UDF to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| UEFI to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| VDI to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| VHD to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| VMDK to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| XAR to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |
| Z to ZIP | convert from archive to archive |