Mail routing code
ZIP as an acronym stands for Zone Improvement Plan, the official name behind ZIP code.
It also denotes the compressed file format (.zip).
Enter your ZIP code, Download the ZIP file.
The all-caps form appears in official and technical contexts. (Lowercase zip is the verb or slang term.)
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Mail routing code
ZIP as an acronym stands for Zone Improvement Plan, the official name behind ZIP code.
It also denotes the compressed file format (.zip).
Enter your ZIP code, Download the ZIP file.
The all-caps form appears in official and technical contexts. (Lowercase zip is the verb or slang term.)
1. format — compression, Forcing into smaller space; archive (Stored historical records); gzip (Unix compression program); deflate (Release air from); extract · tar · WinZip · file · folder · lossless · tarball · decompress · compact · bundle
2. acronym — postal, Of mail service; code (Symbolic communication system); USPS (American postal agency)
SPEED/ENERGYZIP ≠ crawl Move slowly, low; creep · plod · dawdle · trudge · amble
FASTENER ACTIONZIP ≠ unzip Open toothed fastener; open · unfasten · undo · release · unbutton
QUANTITY/AMOUNTZIP ≠ everything The complete set; all · plenty · lots · abundance · tons
zip up (Close with interlocking teeth); zip it (Command to stop speaking); zip code (Postal area identifier); zipping up (Closing with interlocking teeth); zip ties (Self-locking plastic fasteners); zipped up (Fastened by slider)
encoding: cipher, UTF-8, encryption, binary, ASCII; file formats: pdf, PDF, JPEG, PNG, mp3; file types: txt, exe file, pdf, doc, PDF; file extensions and fasteners: PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, MP3; Lossless Compression: FLAC, PNG, gzip, RAR, APE; postal terms: stamps, stamp, stamped, postal codes, postage stamp
zipper, zipped, zipping, zippers, unzip, unzipped, zippering, unzipping, rezipped
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/ZIP