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=== Limits === The minimum size of a {{mono|.ZIP}} file is 22 bytes. Such an ''empty zip file'' contains only an End of Central Directory Record (EOCD): <br />{{code|[0x50,0x4B,0x05,0x06,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00]}} The maximum size for both the archive file and the individual files inside it is 4,294,967,295 bytes (2<sup>32</sup>β1 bytes, or 4 GB minus 1 byte) for standard ZIP. For ZIP64, the maximum size is 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 bytes (2<sup>64</sup>β1 bytes, or 16 EB minus 1 byte).<ref name="ziplimit">{{cite web|url=http://www.artpol-software.com/ZipArchive/KB/0610051629.aspx|title=ZipArchive: Zip64 Format: Crossing the Limits of File Sizes and Number of Files and Segments|website=Artpol-software.com|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref>
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