What does a zip drive do in a computer?

Answer 1

Well, depends on what you mean, .zip files (considering this is the technology section), or zips as in additions to clothing.

Zips (on a piece of clothing) will allow two sides of fabrics to be joint together, and be separted with ease. Think of them as hands on either side, when you pull the zip handle, the hands join together, and when you pull the zip handle down, they stop holding hands.

If you mean .zip files, then they're just a compressed folder, with one or more files inside. They can also be used to save space, as the file(s) being compressed will not use as much memory.

Hoped that answered your question.

Answer 2

A zip disk works the same way as a hard disk drive inside your computer or the removable floppy disks that used to be common on all computers. It uses magnetism to write and store information to a removable zip disk, which is then typically kept as an emergency backup.

Answer 3

A zip drive works by transferring files from computer to computer. The drive is placed into a computer's USB port and files can be copied onto it.

Answer 4

A Zip drive is basically a high-capacity floppy drive. Zip disks are similar to floppies, but have a much higher capacity, between 250 and 700 MB.