Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoMost many file types are just a renamed .zipmessage-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareMost many file types are just a renamed .zipInterstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month 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.