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 The name “**zarf**” has 2 meanings:
 
-* it is an acronym “**Z**arf **AR**chive **F**ormat”, and
+* it is a recursive acronym for “**Z**arf **AR**chive **F**ormat”, and
 * it also happens to be a Persian word for ‘container’.
 
 ## File Format