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A type of file compression used to save space for storage or transfer. Very common due to built in support in both the Mac OS and Windows OS.

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ZIP files created with GUI have more bytes than ZIP files created in a shell

I created two ZIP files of the same directory. One with the GUI, the other with: $ zip -r alpha_cmd.zip Alpha The Alpha directory is 33.640 MB with 164 items. … The ZIP file created by the GUI is 2,100 bytes larger than the ZIP file created on the command line. Why is the ZIP file created with the GUI larger? …
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