Query: stuffed/zipped generic term

Subject: Query: stuffed/zipped generic term
From: Elsa Kapitan-White <kapitan-white -at- SUGAR-LAND -dot- OILFIELD -dot- SLB -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 13:11:49 -0500

Mac files are stuffed and Windows files are zipped, playing off the names
of popular software programs for this function. What is the generic name
regardless of platform -- compressed?

Elsa Kapitan-White <kapitan-white -at- SUGAR-LAND -dot- OILFIELD -dot- SLB -dot- COM>
Schlumberger Oilfield Marketing Services
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