: No data is lost during the process; the original files are perfectly reconstructed upon extraction.
: ZIP typically compresses each file individually before "taping" them together into a single archive, which allows you to extract one specific file without decompressing the whole package. Security and Practicality
: A malicious application of this concept where many "rounds" of compression are used to pack hundreds of terabytes of data into a tiny file (like a few megabytes). When a system tries to extract it, the recursive layers can crash the computer by exhausting its memory or disk space. How ZIP Compression Works
: The format identifies frequently occurring patterns (bytes) and replaces them with shorter bit sequences.
In the context of complex ZIP structures, "rounds" typically refers to the process of —zipping a ZIP file repeatedly to achieve extreme file size reductions.
