Archiving means saving space and therefore, it’s recommended sometimes... For example, if you need to send something over the Internet, or download something, the archived file will be smaller in size and thus easier and faster to download... People tend to save time and it’s perfectly natural and logical, time is the most precious thing we have... Our lives are not long enough to wait for the file to be downloaded so if there’s a way to compress anything, it’s great... The most common archive format is, of course, ZIP... It works in Windows without installing any additional software, so you don’t need anything but the file itself in order to open it... |