Chapter 27. Z

.z n.

The file extension identifying a UNIX file compressed using the gzip or compact utility. See also gzip n..

.Z n.

The file extension for UNIX files that have been compressed using the compress utility. See also compress1 n..

Z39.50 standard n.

A specification for a query language based on SQL (structured query language). It is used by WAIS, among other Internet services, to search for files through the use of keywords and is widely used for remote access to library catalogs. See also structured query language n., WAIS n..

Z80 n.

An 8-bit microprocessor from Zilog, a company founded by former Intel engineers. The Z80 has a 16-bit address bus, yielding a 64-kilobyte addressable memory space, and an 8-bit data bus. A descendant of the ...

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