Re: The term "zip"

"Mark Brader" <msb@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Evan Kirshenbaum writes:
The Wikipedia article implies that the name came from a reference to
the speed of the algorithm, but I had always understood it to come
from the image of "zipping" a bunch of files into an archive. (That
is, putting them into an archive and doing up the zipper.)

Same here. The original poster should note incidentally that here
in Leftpondia, where the zip fastener was invented, it's a "zipper",
not a "zip".

Yes, definitely a pondian distinction. Did I dream this, or is the word an
example of inadequate (or non-existent) protection of a trade mark?

Regards

Jonathan


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