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Phil Katz

American software developer, developer of the ZIP file format (1962-2000)

  • Fame51.0
  • Momentum2.4
  • Developers rank#160
Source-basedStable
  • Fame51.0
  • Momentum2.4
  • Developers rank#160
  • Wikipedia2K
Lived 1962–2000, aged 38United States
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  • Era
    1962–2000
    Aged 38
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Updated 2026-07-20

Phillip Walter Katz was a computer programmer best known as the co-creator of the ZIP file format for data compression, and the author of PKZIP, a program for creating zip files that ran under DOS.

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51.0
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Momentum2.4
Historical16.4
Now attention13.3
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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#160
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