Java Glossary
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- Zeus
- a Java IDE and editor with syntax colouring. Version: 2.70 Platforms:
Windows 3.x, Windows 95 or. NT Size: 1100k
- Zip
- PkWare's public domain file archiving and compression format. Sun has
extended it in its JAR files to have a formal table of contents. Beware
"class.zip" its members may be archived but not compressed.
The classes in java.util.zip will let you create and read zip or jar files.
See Archive, GZIP.
- ZMODEM
- Chuck Forsberg's fast file transfer protocol. It is designed to work well
on packet nets, were it takes considerable time for data packets to wend
their way from end to end. If the phone connection is broken, ZMODEM can
pick up where it left off.