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What do you do with a compressed file? My downloads won’t open.

Practically every file you’ll download from the Net is compressed. A compressed file reduces download time. Once downloaded, a compressed file will appear on your hard drive, and you’ll see a file name with weird-looking extensions: ARJ, BIN, EXE, SIT, ZIP, for example. These files must be decompressed using software like Stuffit Expander for Macs or WinZip for PCs; (download them for free at www.aladdinsys.com or www.winzip.com/).

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