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WAV - Wave
A basic computer sound recording. WAV files tend to be very large, so sound recordings are often compressed into MP3s on the internet, giving a slightly lower quality but much smaller files.

Winzip
The most popular Windows based program for compressing files, either for storage or transmission via the internet. Widely available as a free download. The compressed files it creates have the extension ".zip". See also zip.