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pkzip
     
         a file compression and archiver utility for ms-dos
        and microsoft windows from pkware, inc..  pkzip uses a
        variation on the sliding window compression algorithm.  it
        comes with pkunzip and pklite and is available as
        shareware from most ftp archives in a self-expanding
        ms-dos executable.
     
        current versions as of 1999-10-07: pkzip 2.60 gui for
        microsoft windows 3.1x, windows 9x, windows nt; pkzip
        2.50 command line for windows 9x nt; pkzip 2.04g for ms-dos;
        pkzip 2.51 for unix, linux, sparc solaris, digital,
        hp-ux, ibm aix and sco unix; pkzip 2.50 for os/2;
        pkzip for open vms/vax.
     
        winzip is a version with a gui for microsoft windows.
     
        a distribution in about 1995-06-22 claiming to be "pkzip 3"
        was actually a trojan horse which attempted to reformat the
        hard disk and delete all files on it.
     
        home http://www.pkware.com/catalog/pkzip_win.html.
     
        status, history of winzip, pklite?
     
        1999-01-16
     
     
see also:
compression ms-dos microsoft windows pkware, inc. sliding window algorithm 
pkunzip pklite shareware ftp archives microsoft windows 3.1 
windows 9x windows nt unix linux sparc 
solaris digital hp-ux ibm aix sco 
os/2 open vms vax winzip gui 
trojan horse lt;homegt; 

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