Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-23 months agoMost many file types are just a renamed .zipmessage-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down128
arrow-up196arrow-down1message-squareMost many file types are just a renamed .zipInterstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-23 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squarestoylinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·3 months agoTake a .docx file, using 7-zip, exctract it. You will get an entire folder structure with several files inside the .docx file. What OP means is that several programs use a zip file as a container for all the stuff they need in a save file. The file extention is just a name for the OS to find the proper program to open the file.
Take a .docx file, using 7-zip, exctract it.
You will get an entire folder structure with several files inside the .docx file.
What OP means is that several programs use a zip file as a container for all the stuff they need in a save file.
The file extention is just a name for the OS to find the proper program to open the file.