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No, compressing is making the file smaller by size and extracting is taking out the files to be ran.

Basically, you compress a file to keep space and de-compress/extract it back.

Decompressing=Extracting

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What does zipping a file do to a file?

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Are zip files smaller than unzip files?

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What are the release dates for Zipping Along - 1953?

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Do you have to extract the zip file to make it work?

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