Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoMost many file types are just a renamed .zipmessage-squaremessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down128
arrow-up194arrow-down1message-squareMost many file types are just a renamed .zipInterstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·2 days agoNot really. The “file types” you’re talking about are expected to contain whatever things in a very specific format. You’re really just saying “many file types use an efficient and common compression algorithm”. Which is correct, obvious, and to be expected.
minus-squareboletuslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoA .docx is just a zip file with xml documents in it.
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoWhat happens if I put an mp3 or an epub file in there with the xml? Is it still a word document?
Not really. The “file types” you’re talking about are expected to contain whatever things in a very specific format.
You’re really just saying “many file types use an efficient and common compression algorithm”. Which is correct, obvious, and to be expected.
A .docx is just a zip file with xml documents in it.
What happens if I put an mp3 or an epub file in there with the xml? Is it still a word document?