Scope of data compression in Windows 8 using zip file format
The zip file format can be used for data compression and data encryption, in spite of this, data transmission speed can also be increased by it. Therefore, according to the reports of the Internet rumors, by default data transfer support will be there in Windows 8 operating system. So, through this article I will explain to you the scope of data compression in Windows operating system using zip file format?
What is the zip file format?
The Zip file format is the file which is transferred over the network such that data which is to be sent over the network is compressed by the user using the data compression technique that make use of the archive data format for maintaining high security within the system using the encryption of the data packets. Basically, it is used to compress two or more files so that size of the transmitted file can be reduced which in turns increases the speed of data transmission. The data encryption and compression can be carried out using the specified algorithms.
Within the Windows environment, we are initially not provided with the zip file format so data compression can be carried using third party compression software which is sometimes difficult to install, as the working of this compression system is complex to understand for normal user because extraction of the files is required at the receiver end. Moreover, you can recognize the zip format files using the extension .zip after the file name.Data compression in Windows 8
As we know that earlier Window versions are not provided data compression because by default zip format is not there but as far as the Windows 8 operating system is concerned then we can say that there will be some data format that provides default handling of compression during transmission of data packets. This information is leaked from the Internet rumors but officially not announced by the Microsoft.
The size of the file can also be reduced by zip file format in Windows 8 operating system. For example- if you want to transfer 10 MB of data over the network then it is difficult and too much time consuming to send this data over the network but using the data compression support you can reduce the file size. According to which 10MB of data can be reduced up to 5 MB using compression. After the receiver receives the data packets, on carrying out decompression, the actual 10 MB of data can recovered which was undergone compressing during transmission.
During data compression, the security level is also very high as the private key is kept safe by the zip software such that unauthorized user cannot access the line without the confirmation of the administrator user. Instead of this, speed of the data transmission is also increased using it and due to this fact many organizations and IT companies are using it for online data transmission.
