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Subject:Re: Query: stuffed/zipped generic term From:"Wilcox, John (WWC, Contractor)" <wilcoxj -at- WDNI -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 6 Aug 1997 12:17:00 -0700
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From: Elsa Kapitan-White
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?
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Archived. Been using this term successfully in user docs for years.
Regards,
John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
Timberlands Information Services
Weyerhaeuser, WWC 2E2
Tacoma, WA 98477-0001 USA
253-924-7972 mailto:wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
(I don't speak for Weyerhaeuser, and vice versa.)
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