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Phil Katz
American software developer, developer of the ZIP file format (1962-2000) · United States · Developers · Died at 37
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Something wrong?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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About this person
Country
United States
Category
Developers
Type
Developer
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1962 to 2000 · aged 37
Developers from the United States 6
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