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zip
A method of file compression originally used with MSDOS and a file extension for files which are zip compressed.

zmodem
A very common form of file transmission, which can be used across dialup and telnet connections. It can be used in batch modes (for multiple files), and it is faster than the older xmodem and ymodem. In some implementations, it can resume a transfer after a connection has been broken and re-established.